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Pageant and Masque 

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Saint Louis 

1914 

REPORTS OF THE CHAIRMEN 
OF COMMITTEES 






St. Louis Pageant Drama Association 

St. Louis, 1916 



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Pageant and Masque 
Saint Louis 

1914 

REPORTS OF THE CHAIRMEN 
OF COMMITTEES 




St. Louis Pageant Drama Association 

St. Louis, 1916 



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Our star has won ! 
Remember the star's voice; Not vengeance— peace !^ 
Peace, and the law of brothers !— O my brothers, 
Hark where the demon's rout dies moaning. Peace ! 
The star is holy where forgiveness burns. 
Our flag is bright with stars of brotherhood. 

Percy MacKAYE— r/^<? Masque of St. Louis 



SHELLY PRINT *>^^a^^mi SAINT LOUIS 



CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Executive Committee 5 

Finance Committee 18 

Women's Finance Committee 21 

Report of the Treasurer 22 

Publicity Committee 25 

Speakers' Bureau 32 

Writers' Bureau 33 

Post Card and Cover Competition 35 

Legislative and Legal Committee 39 

Productions Committee 43 

Book Committee 47 

Cast Committee 53 

Dancing Committee 56 

Auditorium Committee 57 

Stage Setting Committee 66 

Superintendent of Construction 68 

Committee on Accessories 71 

Stage Management Committee 74 

Lighting Committee 78 

Costume Committee 87 

Properties Committee 92 

Music Committee 100 

Transportation Committee 103 

Concessions Committee 105 

Ticket Committee 108 

Police Committee 112 

Public Safety Committee 114 

Sanitary Committee 115 

Organizations Committee 119 

Women's Clubs Committee 120 

Native Born Committee 121 

Decoration Committee 126 

Entertainment Committee 127 

Conference of Cities Committee 129 

Preservation of Historical Material 131 

Salvage Committee 133 

Archives Committee 134 



INTRODUCTION. 

After the successful production of the Pageant 
and Masque of 1914, the Executive Committee had 
in mind the issue of an illustrated memorial volume, 
and the chairmen of committees were asked to pre- 
pare accounts of their work to be included in such a 
volume. The plan was not carried out, but re- 
cently, partly because of the increasing interest 
in pageantry throughout the country, and partly in 
connection Avitli the renewed activity of our own 
Pageant Drama Association, in its preparation for 
the Shakespeare festival of this year, the Executive 
Committee has had numerous requests for informa- 
tion w^ith regard to the organization, administration 
and production of the Pageant of 1914, and it seemed 
best, as the most thorough and effective way of an- 
swering these queries, to print the reports as quickly 
as possible. The undersigned was therefore re- 
quested to edit them and see them through the press, 
and this has according!}^ been done. It will be 
noticed that there is much variation in the complete- 
ness of the reports. It would have been possible, of 
course, by delaying publication, to see that some of 
the shorter reports were made fuller. This had not 
previously been done, because it was not anticipated 
that the reports would be printed; and at the pres- 
ent time delay seems inadvisable. The committee 
cliairmen are all busy men of affairs ; and that they 
have added to their labor, expended in the actual 
production of the Pageant, by writing reports, in 
some cases in great detail, must be accounted an- 
other instance of the remarkable influence of the 
^reat spectacle. 

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, 
Chairman Committee on Preservation of Material. 



St. Louis Pageant Drama Association 
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

John H. Guxdlach, Chairman. 

The dominant tone of the Pageant and Masque of 
Saint Louis was its democracy. 

It was conceived in this thought and nurtured into 
strength from the breast of the people. 

The spirit of the |)hiyground, arch-enemy of caste, 
was the germ that animated the thought of this mu- 
nicipal art into life — an art not only in its application 
to the representation of visioned scenes of history 
and beauty, but in binding the people more closely in 
an understanding of their power and civic obligation. 

Pursuant to an invitation of the Mayor, the Presi- 
dent of the Council and the Speaker of the House of 
Delegates, representatives from many of the civic, 
business, improvement and professional organiza- 
tions of the City of St. Louis filled the Mayor ^s office 
to overflowing on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 
2, 1913, to discuss and determine if St. Louis should 
produce an historic pageant during the week of the 
Veiled Prophet in October, 1913. The invitation, 
being the first public announcement or statement of 
the pageant, is interesting at this time, and I quote it 
in full: 

"It must be apparent to every keen observer that there is a 
new spirit stirring in Saint Louis, the spirit of get-together and 



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co-operation as a prelude to the accomplishment which will bring 
Saint Louis to the front. It has found expression recently in a 
suggestion that we have a pageant during Veiled Prophet week 
of such nature as will not only interest all Saint Louis, but the 
entire surrounding country. As far as this suggestion has taken 
shape, it seeks to present historic events in connection with 
Saint Louis, such, for instance, as its founding, its subsequent 
and early history, at a pageant to be held at some suitable place, 
selected by the organization. 

"To make it successful we must have the co-operation of all 
organizations and citizens. If it be taken hold of in this spirit, 
it will unquestionably be one of the greatest advertisements for 
Saint Louis, and will help to bring about that co-operation which 
we so earnestly desire. If carried out on this scale, it will be 
one of the most picturesque of scenic effects, embodying possibly 
presentations of the early Indian tribes, of the early settlers, 
the French, Spanish and English pioneers and officials, all repre- 
sented by the means of a pageant that will appeal to the eye in 
dramatic form. We are therefore asking that your association 
be represented by its president and secretary, or by a committee 
of two appointed by the association at the meeting to be held 
in the Mayor's Office, second floor. City Hall, on Wednesday, 
July 2, 1913, at 4 P. M., that we may have the advice of all men 
that are active in the welfare of St. Louis. 

"All civic organizations in St. Louis are asked to be repre- 
sented at this meeting, that we may thoroughly discuss this 
matter, its feasibility, its value and its attractiveness, and then 
if it is agreed upon to launch this plan, that we may all put our 
shoulders to the wheel and see that it is carried out. 

"We earnestly request that you be present, and ask that you 
signify your willingness en the enclosed post card." 

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Kiel, 
who briefly stated the object of the call and dwelt 
upon its possibilities for municipal exploitation, after 
which the undersigned was elected chairman and the 
Mayor's Secretary, Mr. Thomas H. Eogers, tempo- 
rary Secretary. The plan of a Fall Pageant to be 
held about October 10th, was approved, and the chair 
was empowered to appoint an Executive Committee 
of seven, who were to assume active control of the 
work. The chair was also authorized to appoint an 
Advisory Committee consisting of one member from 



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each organization represented in the Pageant Body. 

The expressions of those attending this first meet- 
ing urged the lines on which the Pageant should be 
projected, viz. : Active participation by the people 
from all sections of the city, and re-enactment of the 
city's history by means of pictures and action on a 
large stage in some natural auditorium. 

In selecting the names of an Executive Committee. 
the chair was influenced by a desire to recognize 
such as were in sympathy with the movement and 
willing to contribute time and energy to its success ; 
and the magnitude, and artistic and poetic concep- 
tion of the production can in the first place be at- 
tributed to the broad understanding and courageous 
loyalty to ideals which the members of this govern- 
ing board of the Pageant and Masque brought to its 
support. 

The first action of the Committee, and one which 
met universal approval, was to decide at its first 
meeting upon the selection of the great natural am- 
pitheatre on the slopes of Art Hill in Forest Park 
as the site for the proposed production. 

The chair was empowered to appoint the neces- 
sary standing committees, and at the second general 
meeting of civic organizations in the Mayor's office, 
July 30th, the first list of appointments was an- 
nounced. 

Formal announcement was also made of the action 
of the Executive Committee, taken July 23d, fixing 
the date of the production in the spring of 1914. 
This selection, instead of October, 1913, became 
necessary because the committee believed that the 
time for preparation before the date of the fall festi- 
vities was too short, and that, in \^ew of the fact 
that the 150th Anniversarv of the Citv's foundino; 



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occurred in 1914, the spring of the coming year 
would prove a most appropriate time for a great 
civic renaissance. This date was also esteemed late 
enough to carry out and finance the production on a 
very large scale, which the committee believed nec- 
essary to attract country-wide attention. The 
Executive Committee made the further announce- 
ment that it believed a fund of $50,000.00, instead 
of $25,000.00, as originally planned, was essential 
to finance the production. 

After approving the action of the Executive Com- 
mittee, the meeting adjourned and the machinery, 
through the various committees, was set in motion. 

The next question to be decided was the engage- 
ment of a Pageant Master who, by capacity, reputa- 
tion and experience, would bring to the proposed 
production a guarantee of quality that would at once 
challenge the attention of the country and leave to 
our city a heritage for future inspiration ; and with 
that end in view, Mr. W. La Beaume, Chairman of 
the Productions Committee, was sent to the East on 
a mission of investigation, with the result that on 
his return the committee invited Messrs. William 
Chauncey Langdon, Ellis Paxton Oberholtzer, 
Thomas Wood Stevens and Percy MacKaye to visit 
St. Louis for intimate conferences. On October 22d 
the committee decided to divide the production into 
two parts — ^the Pageant, a re-enactment of historic 
scenes to be written and directed by Mr. Stevens, 
and the Masque, a symbolic poem entrusted to Mr. 
MacKaye, with Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith as Direc- 
tor. 

The choice of these men aroused at first some ad- 
verse comment in the press, and with the public, but 
as their Avork developed, this was dissipated and ap- 

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proval of the selections became general and pro- 
nounced. 

The Book Committee, under the leadership of Dr. 
Arthur E. Bostwick, had already begun to sketch 
some of the basic scenes for the production, and im- 
mediately placed themselves at the disposal of the 
Pageant Masters, with whom they co-operated hence- 
forth until the books were completed. 

Simultaneously the vast organization through its 
many active committees, untried and untrained in 
w^hat was to them an undiscovered field, but with 
loyal hearts, rare ability and self sacrifice, applied 
themselves to a demonstration of civic co-operation 
that stands unrivaled in the history of cities today. 
As the possibilities of the Pageant Master and city 
began to unfold, the conceptions of the committee 
grew in vision, with the result that a production 
calling for 7,500 participants and an expenditure of 
$125,000.00 was finally adopted. 

Up to this time the action and enthusiasm had 
been confined almost exclusively to the promoters 
and sponsors, and it now became necessary to inspire 
the local press and to inform our people in general 
of the importance of the coming event. A Speakers ^ 
Committee, headed by Mrs. Philip N. Moore, did 
Trojan work in campaigning throughout the city in 
churches, schools, civic, improvement and commer- 
cial associations, preaching the gospel of civic pa- 
triotism and co-operation and inciting them to par- 
ticipation in the great civic spectacle. The Pub- 
licity Committee, headed successfully by Messrs. 
J. W. Booth, Eoy B. Simpson and Herbert Gardner, 
did splendid w^ork in supplying plans for effective 
publicity. Competitions for designs for Postal 
Cards and Programme Covers were entrusted to a 

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committee headed by Prof. Holmes Smith, and as a 
result art students throughout the country were 
informed of our efforts and many of them sent in 
drawings representative of local color and history. 
The sale of Pageant Buttons at a penny apiece in 
all of the schools of the city did much to arouse our 
youth to an interest in the coming show and to- 
gether with the universal co-operation of the Public 
Schools, led by Superintendent Blewett, contributed 
to sustain interest and expectation in the school- 
room and at home. 

The air became pregnant with Pageant spirit, 
much akin to that awakened by a call to arms, in de- 
fense of country. Under the leadership of Mrs. 
Luther E. Smith, assisted by enthusiastic women 
workers, all native-born and adopted sons and 
daughters of St. Louis were called on to register 
their names as a means of permanent historical rec- 
ord for the future, and with branch offices estab- 
lished in various parts of the city the response was 
generous and productive of much increased interest. 

The Productions Committee, under the leadership 
of Mr. William W. La Beaume and Miss Charlotte 
Rumbold, having general charge of the stage pro- 
duction, was the first of the many committees to take 
up the active Avork of preparation, and in co-opera- 
tion with its auxiliary branches applied itself un- 
ceasingly to the gigantic task of furnishing the Pa- 
geant Masters with the materials for a successful 
performance. How well their work was performed 
is evidenced by the completeness of detail when the 
first performance opened on Thursday evening, 
May 28th. To conceive the stupendous task re- 
quired of them one must read the detailed report of 
this committee, and its sub-committees, as given be- 

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low. AMiile the great cast, formed by the untiring 
efforts of Chairman Engene A. Wilson and Vice- 
Chairman Charles Diel, was rehearsing in various 
sections of the city preliminary to the stage rehear- 
sals, Mrs. Frederick Von Windegger was marshal- 
ing the patriotic women of the city to the task of pro- 
viding the many thousands of costumes necessary 
(exclusive of those rented from professional cos- 
tumers), of building marvelous creations out of 
waste material and the most ordinary supplies. Most 
of the costumes were made at a trivial cost. 

In another part of our Pageant House on the sec- 
ond floor of the Kinloch Building, Tenth and Locust 
Streets (gratuitously tendered us), Mr. E. W. 
Pattison presided over the work of providing the 
many properties, such as banners, flags, bows and 
arrows, Indian baskets, spears, oars, etc., receiving 
the same generous support as that accorded the cos- 
tume department. 

For weeks before the opening date, the great 
chorus, under the direction of Prof. Frederick Fis- 
cher, rehearsed the score of the Masque written by 
Mr. Frederick Converse, of Boston. Though unseen 
on the stage, the members of the organization are 
remembered gratefully for their patient and labori- 
ous work and the important part they played in sup- 
plementing the finish of the performance. 

In the meantime the Finance Committee, of which 
Mr. Charles Stix was Chairman, was actively in the 
field, enlisting the support of the various trades, pro- 
fessions and financial sources. In view of the magni- 
tude the production had assumed, its realization re- 
quired a much larger sum tlian that originallv asked 
for. 

The task was not an easy one. Many business 

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men, up to the evening of the first performance, had 
acquired but a vague understanding of the Pageant 
and Masque, and were unprepared to believe that 
the city was about to witness such a stupendous 
civic spectacle. But while the sums given did not, 
as a rule, rank high, the number of donors was the 
largest ever recorded for any purpose in St. Louis. 

The popular subscription, launched by Mr. George 
W. Simmons, while realizing no great amount, ac- 
complished its purpose by popularizing the move- 
ment ^^ith the general public, and since, as stated 
before, the Democracy of the Pageant and Masque 
was at all times predominant, so in the end, with 
about $70,000.00 raised in subscriptions, the people, 
through their unparalleled enthusiasm and support 
of the box office, insured its financial success. Much 
praise is due to Mr. George W. Simmons for his mas- 
terful work as Chairman of the Committee on Admis- 
sions and Concessions. 

It would be difficult to name all of the splendid 
workers who contributed most generously with their 
time and ability to insure the success of the Pageant 
and Masque, but I would be derelict should I fail to 
mention the chairmen of the various conmiittees, 
many of whom were assisted by associates who de- 
serve to have their names carved in stone as a re- 
minder of their fidelity to the tasks assigned them. 

The work of Mr. Horace Swope on the Committee 
of Costumes, of Messrs. Chas. Pettus and Wm. 
Clark Breckenridge on Properties, of Mr. Percival 
Chubb on Stage Management, of Messrs. Louis La 
Beaume and Geo. E. Kessler on Stage Setting, of 
Mr. Geo. D. Markham on Music, of Mr. Dwight F. 
Davis on Dancing, of Mr. Charles M. Talbert on 
Auditorium, of Mr. A. I. Jacobs on Lighting, of Mr. 

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Geo. J. Tansey on Transportation, and of Dr. Max 
Starkloff and Dr. G. A. Jordan on Sanitation, de- 
serve special mention. 

One feature of ont-of-town publicity which was 
fruitful in disseminating information of our plans 
and resulted in the unique Conference of Cities, the 
first of its kind ever held, was most ably looked after 
by Mrs. E. R. Kroeger and Miss Charlotte Taussig, 
and one need but look over the list of notable men 
and women attending the Conference to know that 
they performed the work with rare ability. 

As the time of production (May 28th to 31st, in- 
clusive) approached, the Pageant spirit became in- 
fectious and it was in this spirit that we were met 
by the Police Department, which, under the leader- 
ship of the President of the Board, Mr. Samuel Mc- 
Pheeters, outdid all former efforts in the effective- 
ness of its work of policing the largest audiences 
that had ever gathered to view a dramatic produc- 
tion. 

No well-trained and paid organization was ever 
better equipped and more read}^ to cope with the 
final consummation of months of painstaking prep- 
aration and ceaseless labor than was our splendid 
army of unpaid volunteers, whose civic pride asked 
no other pay than the triumph of this great people's 
demonstration. 

Thursday evening, May 28th, was well nigh a per- 
fect day. Preceded in the early afternoon by a wel- 
come rain that drenched the parched grass, the even- 
ing was glorious in the wonderful color of the sink- 
ing sun on a background such as only Art Hill can 
provide. All day the preparations of Stage Setting, 
Costume and Property Committoos vibrated through 
the immense enclosure for stage and dressing rooms, 

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every person bent on answering the roll when the 
call should come. On came the great cast, like a 
well-trained corps of veterans, each one to his ap- 
pointed place without confusion, without haste; a 
tribute to the men and women who were directing 
their respective departments to an end of harmony 
and beauty. 

But while these preparations were going on mth- 
in the stage enclosure, an equally impressive picture 
was being wrought without. Since early afternoon 
the free seats had begun to fill, and as the afternoon 
wore on, the crowds began to pour in from all sides 
of the park in stead}" streams, filling all seats and 
standing room to the crest of Art Hill, so that when 
the orchestra intoned the opening Pageant March 
promptly at 6 :30, Art Hill presented a sea of faces 
that has no parallel in history. Fifty-four thousand 
seats were occupied, and standing room for more 
than that number was packed by a human mass, 
shoulder to shoulder, overflowing the crest of the 
hill, waiting in hushed silence and expectancy the 
first words of the High Priest that were to prove the 
claims of Pageant promoters regarding the wonder- 
ful acoustic values of the chosen auditorium. And 
the wonder of it all ! How came this vast audience 
to take their places without perceptible noise, with- 
out disorder, with no more confusion than attends 
the seating of an audience in a theatre of 2,000 ca- 
pacity? Here again the efficiency of organization 
was manifested by the work of the Boy Scouts, in 
ushering the throng to their seats, which compelled 
the admiration of everyone present. And as the first 
strains of melody from the Poepping Orchestra 
floated upon the vast audience on that rare May 
evening, there came over all the sense of sanctified 

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citizenship, of interest and confidence in neighbor, 
of pride in the city, of conviction that all present 
were to see a memorable dramatic spectacle. 

I will not weary you with a recital of the art and 
finish of the production; of the matchless beauty of 
melting color under the softening shadows of even- 
ing and the subtle skill of artificial light, but leave 
it to pens more eloquent than mine, only to empha- 
size again the co-operative spirit that produced the 
result. The broad sympathy of Messrs. Stevens and 
MacKaye, who, from the beginning of their work, 
placed themselves under the control of local atmos- 
phere; the indefatigable work of Mr. Joseph Lindon 
Smith; the support of a united and generous press 
that spurred the public into a ciuickened community 
conscience; the splendid corps of teachers in our 
schools whose loyal devotion to our cause made ever}- 
child for the moment a civic enthusiast; the whole- 
souled co-operation of Mayor Kiel and his admin- 
istrative officials, who vied with each other in active 
co-operative support; the splendid work of the 
United Eailways in transporting the vast throng to 
and from the grounds without accident or unusual 
crowding; the get-together spirit of our people and 
the loyalty of our cast and pageant workers in 
particular — all had their 'part in our splendid 
achievement. 

There are many others entitled to honorable men- 
tion that space will not permit me to name, but I 
cannot close without special recognition of the devo- 
tion of our Secretary, Luther E. Smith, whose energy 
and application contributed to inspire the work of 
the various committees. 

And now what lesson can wo draw from this stu- 
pendous effort? What will be its results to us and 
the city? 



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Will there be a continuity of good fellowship, new 
faith in the city and willingness to make sacrifice for 
public welfare! Or will these contributing essen- 
tials of a progressive Saint Louis vanish like the 
architectural setting of the great stage, with its 
teeming life and picturesque character, to continue 
only as a pleasant but vague memory! 

Does the unanimous spirit of love for city aroused 
in such forceful spontaneity disclose but the beauty 
of froth and silver on the crest of the incoming wave, 
to be lost as it washes the sands of time ; or is it to 
be the tide of a mighty ocean of human co-operation 
which will carry us to a higher level of intimate 
human contact and consequent civic accomplish- 
ment? 

For myself, I believe that consciousness of per- 
sonal participation in the Pageant and Masque by 
the 7,500 or more performers will linger with them 
as the most ineffaceable memory of community ex- 
pression; of civic pride; to be called on in days of 
municipal danger, to move in the spirit of the Pa- 
geant for a greater Saint Louis which shall rear, in 
the prophecy of Cahokia, a strong child of humanity 
wielding, if it must, the SAvord of freedom and broth- 
erhood. And what is the lesson carried home by 
the hundreds of thousands who, for five evenings, 
thronged the slopes of Art Hill to feast their eyes 
on the matchless beauty of Pageant and Masque ; im- 
pressed with the thought of the power of co-opera- 
tion and infected with the spirit of the actors, their 
neighbors, trained to re-enact for them the absorb- 
ing incidents of our civic history, that all might bet- 
ter understand our city's growth and receive inspi- 
ration for the betterment that is to come? And what 
of the young men and women, the boys and girls 

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who for six months were immersed in the study of 
their city's history, whose minds have absorbed its 
fascinating story of community-bnilding ! 

Let us reflect what the effects of this history-study 
by the young will mean to our future citizenship — 
their realization that the privations and trials of the 
founders and early settlers meant the establishment 
of their city, that the splendid initiative and loyal 
spirit of the years from 1840 to 1860 fixed the posi- 
tion of Saint Louis as one of the country's first 
cities. 

Can we not predicate on this history-study the 
enthusiastic patriot citizen of the future, equipped 
with a civic consciousness that must result in a bet- 
ter understanding of neighbor toward neighbor, and 
the possibilities of common effort intelligently ap- 
plied? 

Must we admit that the lesson of the Pageant and 
Masque, this unrivaled expression of the people's 
co-operation, fed by motives of civic patriotism, is to 
be lost in the consideration of the problems of the 
future — questions that will determine the share we 
are to have in the possibilities of a co-operative un- 
derstanding, which will measure our city's relative 
place in competition with its sister cities of the 
world? Are we to justify, in the future, the good 
opinion carried away by visitors to the Pageant and 
Masque, evidenced by expressions of highest praise 
in the newspapers and magazines of all parts of the 
country, or shall we sacrifice this wonderfully- 
aroused civic spirit to a struggle for the immediate 
and petty personal interests that so often confuse 
and cloud issues of civic progress ! 

Will the city, as the most potent instrument for in- 
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the intelligent and beneficent use of democracy, or 
shall it flounder on the shoals of personal ambition 
and the lust for gold I 

To me the name of the city is an inspiration — an 
inspiration for the accomplishment of those ends 
that the individual cannot obtain by himself ; and in 
my opinion the Pageant and Masque, with its nobil- 
ity of conception and artistry of execution, will not 
only mark a new epoch in community recreation, but 
warm into life a sustained public spirit for a greater 
and more humane city. 

JOHN H. aUNDLACH. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

Charles A. Stix, Chairman. 

I take pleasure in submitting my report of the 
collections made by the Finance Committee for the 
Pageant. In doing so, I wish to emphasize particu- 
larly that special thanks are due to Mrs. Luther Ely 
Smith, who had charge of the collections from the 
ladies, which aggregated a sum exceedingly credit- 
able to the ladies on this committee; also to Mr. 
George W. Simmons, whose untiring efforts made 
possible the success of the popular subscription, as 
well as the roll of honor and the sale of tickets. 

Retrospectively, we should have had very little 
difficulty in collecting the amount necessary to make 
the Pageant the success that it was, since we are but 
echoing the opinions of the hundreds of thousands 

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who saw it, who unanimously voiced their acclaim 
and proclaimed their pride of living in a city which 
could place on such a stage with such surroundings 
a spectacular effort solely with the idea of fostering 
a love for the city in which the people lived. But, 
even the members of the committee themselves did 
not realize that the Pageant would be such a won- 
derful success, so that these collections represented 
a great amount of individual work done by the mem- 
bers. We could not, and did not, promise any finan- 
cial benefit to anyone, and we were limited in our 
appeals to the plain statement that the intent of the 
Pageant was simply to create a feeling of civic pride 
and co-operation, which would minimize, if not elimi- 
nate, the local and class jealousy which had been a 
handicap to the growth of the city for many years. 
As one member of the committee expressed it, ^'We 
believe that if the people would only learn to play to- 
gether they would soon learn to work together. '^ 
To get this idea into the minds of the people was a 
matter of personal work on the part of members of 
the committee, and the success was due to this indi- 
vidual work. No letter, no matter how appealing or 
how eloquent, brought results. Our work showed 
our faith, and then the people responded. Further- 
more, this personal effort brought not only money 
into the treasury of the Pageant, but it stimulated a 
feeling of loyalty to the city's best interests which 
manifested itself strikingly by the attendance of 
citizens at the Pageant, and also in the wonderful 
order shown, not only on the stage, but by the audi- 
ence. The members of the audience seemed to feel 
themselves as much a part of the show as those ar- 
rayed in the spectacular habiliments of the mound 
builders on the stage. 

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Particular thanks are due to Messrs. George W. 
Simmons, Murray Carleton, Philip B. Fouke and 
John C. Koberts, who instructed the Executive Com- 
mittee to enter into contracts for $50,000.00 in excess 
of the amount collected at that time, on their indi- 
vidual responsibility. It was this underwriting on 
their part that gave the stimulus to all who were 
identified with the Pageant, and their individual 
efforts as members of sub-committees were of in- 
valuable assistance to its success. 

Besides these gentlemen, there were many others 
who devoted time and energy, besides giving liber- 
ally themselves, towards collecting the necessary 
funds. 

To these gentlemen and ladies the City of St. 
Louis owes many thanks. They were animated solely 
by the desire to benefit the entire community, and the 
community is, I am sure, grateful to them for this 
work. ^ CHARLES A. STIX. 



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WOMAN'S COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 

Mrs. Luther Ely Smith, Chairman. 

A meeting of women was arranged at the home of 
Mrs. Claude Kilpatrick to consider the question of 
raising funds among women for the Pageant. Mrs. 
George Gellhorn presided and introduced Mr. Jo- 
seph Lindon Smith, who outlined the scheme of the 
Pageant and Masque and gave many interesting de- 
tails of the work upon costumes, properties and 
scenery in the Masque. Miss Charlotte Rumbold also 
spoke of the democratic significance of the Pageant 
and Masque. 

The meeting discussed methods of raising money 
by small subscriptions and by special movements in 
North and South St. Louis. Mrs. Guido Pantaleoni 
was appointed chairman of a sub-committee to have 
charge of a meeting in North St. Louis, and Mrs. 
John Davis, Mrs. F. V. Hammar and Mrs. Harvey 
G. Mudd a special committee to raise funds by dollar 
subscriptions and to confer with the newspapers in 
regard to co-operating in this movement. 

Thereafter, it seemed inadvisable to carry on the 
dollar subscription movement, and efforts were con- 
centrated upon getting substantial subscriptions 
among women according to their ability and dispo- 
sition to subscribe. It was decided to work through 
women's organizations in the city and all of the pa- 
triotic societies, the federated clubs, the St. Louis 

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Women's Club and the Mary Institute Alumnae were 
asked to co-operate with the committee. This they 
did with enthusiasm. In this way, many subscrip- 
tions of $100.00 each were obtained and many others 
of smaller amounts. 

The meeting in North St. Louis was ably planned 
and energetically carried out by Mrs. Pantaleoni, 
and resulted in creating tremendous interest in 
North St. Louis in the Pageant, which interest mani- 
fested itself not only in subscriptions, but also in a 
large enrollment of North St. Louisans in the cast, 
in very great assistance of women in making cos- 
tumes and in a brisk sale of tickets in that portion 
of the city. SaLEES KENNARD SMITH. 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 

Benjamin J. Taussig. 

I beg to tender herewith my report, as Treasurer 
of the Pageant and Masque of St. Louis, and I ap- 
pend hereto a statement of receipts and disburse- 
ments to which is attached the certificate of Price, 
Warehouse & Company, Certified Public Account- 
ants. This statement shows a balance in bank of 
$17,125.18; this figure does not take into account 
the remaining unpaid bills. So far as at present 
known these are not material in amount, and the 
above balance is therefore the estimated available 
surplus. 

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The nature of the undertaking would not, of 
course, permit of an elaborate system of accounting 
such as would be called for in a more permanent or- 
ganization, but the system installed was amply suf- 
ficient to insure that all cash received would be duly 
accounted for, and that no disbursements could be 
made except on duly authorized vouchers. 

Considering the fact that a majority of those as- 
sisting in the organization were naturally only able 
to give a part of their time to the work, and that the 
major portion of the services were rendered gratui- 
tously, coupled with the fact that some slight incon- 
venience was occasioned by lack of funds during the 
earlier days, the work of the department was emi- 
nently satisfactory, and my thanks are due to all offi- 
cers, members of committees, and employees who so 
ably assisted in facilitating my work as treasurer. 

B. J. TAUSSIG. 

ST. LOUIS PAGEANT AND MASQUE. 
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS TO. OCT. B, 1914. 

Receipts. 
Subscriptions — 

Trades, professions and industries. .. .$48,646.50 

Roll of Honor and individual 11,563.50 

Popular subscriptions 7,749.31 

t 67,959.31 

Ticket sales 59,151.40 

Book sales 3,969.12 

Button sales 2,677.46 

Concessions receipts 2,169.66 

Programme sales 1,280.31 

"Native Born" registration receipts 771.44 

Post Card sales 440.16 

Poster and bunting sales 9.50 

$138,428.36 
Add salvage sales 4,126.48 

TOTAL RECEIPTS $142,554.84 

Loan from bankers $ 5,000.00 

Loans from individuals 2,083.33 

$ 7,083.33 
Less repaid 7,083.33 

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Payments. 
Productions — 

General (including fees and expenses 

of Pageant Masters) $12,642.48 

Stage setting 6,507.35 

Stage construction 16,085.35 

Stage management 4,716.24 

Costumes 11,650.65 

Properties 6,363.06 

Lighting and wiring 9,270.08 

Music 5,986.58 

Cast 756.91 

Dancing 143.46 

$ 74,122.16 

Auditorium 15,642.20 

Books 2,328.98 

Programmes 1,250.55 

Publicity 12,617.13 

Tickets 1,059.18 

Administration and Executive 6,201.11 

Finance Committee 2,076.98 

Sanitation 1,558.66 

Conference of Cities and Entertainment 

of Visitors 1,297.35 

Police Protection and Public Safety 277.20 

Decorations 342.08 

Buttons 774.06 

Post Cards 306.45 

Bureau of Information 291.23 

"Native Born" Campaign 53.30 

Motion pictures 95.16 

Jury of Awards 346.10 

Concessions expenses 138.00 

Various Committees' expenses 757.50 

Restoration of park grounds 3,894.28 



Total payments $125,429.66 



Balance, being cash in bank at this date.. $ 17,125.18 



We have audited the books of the Treasurer of the St. Louis 
Pageant and Masque to October 5, 1914, and certify that the 
above statement of receipts and payments is correctly prepared 
therefrom. 

We have satisfied ourselves that the receipts as reported by 
the Finance Committee have been duly deposited in bank and 
we have examined properly authorized vouchers for all disburse- 
ments. 

The cash in bank has been verified by a certificate from the 
depositary. 

PRICE WATERHOUSE & CO., 

Certified Public Accountants. 
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 5, 1914. 



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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. 

Herbebt S. Gardner, Chairman. 

When the Publicity Committee was appointed, the 
idea of the Pageant and Masque was known to only 
a very limited number of persons, who had been in- 
terested in the project through the personal en- 
deavor and enthusiasm of a small number of men 
and women who had grasped the possibilities of 
such an undertaking, and had sponsored it. 

Before the Publicity Committee lay the two-fold 
task of bringing about a proper understanding of 
the Pageant and Masque and its purpose, on the part 
of the people, and the work of creating sufficient en- 
thusiasm for it to make the project a success. 

Molding public opinion for a project such as the 
Pageant and Masque, in a city which was tired of 
pageants, as it understood them, and which lacked 
local pride, which such an undertaking would have 
to have to accomplish its purpose, was a very con- 
siderable undertaking. 

The Publicity Committee set about its work with 
a hearty good will, and the spirit of helpfulness and 
interest displayed by the different members of the 
committee, was very encouraging to the Chairman. 

Since the first work of the committee was to de- 
velop, in St. Louis, the proper sentiment for the Pa- 
geant and Masque, it was of prime importance that 
the local press be properly and adequately supplied 
with material, prepared in a way to present the story 
of the Pageant and Masque in the light that was de- 
sired by those interested in the undertaking. 

This called for the services of an expert publicity 
man. After nmnerous conferences regarding the 

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names and merits of various candidates, the Pub- 
licity Committee, with the approval of the Executive 
Committee, appointed Messrs. Cave and Craig as 
Publicity Agents. These gentlemen began in No- 
vember, 1913, and, under the direction of the chair- 
man, organized their work and began the prepara- 
tion of Pageant and Masque material for the use of 
the local papers. 

A long list of papers in to\\ms and cities surround- 
ing St. Louis was also prepared, and material was 
furnished them regularly each week, a large part of 
which was gratuitously published in these papers. 
The St. Louis press, particularly, showed an appre- 
ciation of the purpose of the Pageant and Masque, 
and they very liberally contributed both space and 
matter for the development of the proper sentiment 
among their readers. This work was carried on 
continuously up to the very day of the first per- 
formance, and is, in a very large measure, responsi- 
ble for the development of the proper spirit in the 
city. 

Coincident with this newspaper publicity, two bul- 
letins were issued and distributed. These undertook 
to give the news and the story of the Pageant as it 
progressed, and were well illustrated with pictures 
of costumes, scenes, etc. 

Letters were sent to all of the principal business 
houses of St. Louis, and matter was supplied to them 
to be forwarded to traveling salesmen, who traveled 
all over the United States for these houses. These 
salesmen were informed concerning the Pageant and 
Masque, and were urged by their various houses to 
talk about it with everyone with whom they came 
in contact. This, undoubtedly, spread the story over 
a vast extent of territory, and was the means of 

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reaching thousands of persons who would not other- 
wise have been reached. 

In April a brief booklet w^as issued, giving a short 
description of the Pageant and Masque, and a synop- 
sis of its various scenes. This was distributed m 
large quantities, through every available channel. 
The mail of all the large houses in the city carried 
one of these booklets in each envelope; traveling 
salesmen were supplied ; the local public was reached 
by distribution through the public schools ; with the 
monthly bills of each of the large department stores 
one of the booklets was sent; many of the houses 
also wrapped one in each bundle that left the store ; 
the street car company placed one in the hands of 
each of its employes ; so did the police department — 
the idea being in the latter two instances not only 
to create an interest and knowledge of the Pageant 
and Masque on the part of the street car employes 
and policemen, but to put them in a position to dis- 
seminate the information, and to answer questions 
which would be asked them by the general public. 

Under the direction of a special Poster Commit- 
tee, Mr. J. C. L^^endecker was employed at a cost 
of $1,000 to design a poster to advertise the Pageant 
and Masque. This beautiful piece of work was re- 
produced in hanger form in two different sizes. 
The original painting is preserved in the Public 
Library. 

The reproductions were prominently displayed 
throughout all parts of the city, merchants gladly 
contributing w^indow space in which the hangers 
were placed. 

Each railroad entering St. Louis was supplied 
with a quantity of these posters, which were hung 
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of St. Louis. On some of the western and south- 
western roads they were placed in all stations within 
a 500-mile radius. 

Mr. Oscar E. Berninghaus was commissioned to 
make a series of six drawings, representing histori- 
cal scenes in St. Louis, which were to be depicted in 
the Pageant. These drawings were reproduced in 
a series of souvenir post cards, 20,000 of each being 
printed. Large quantities of these postals were sold 
in all parts of the city, and revenue nearly sufficient 
to pay their cost was obtained in this manner. These 
post cards continued to be sold throughout the city, 
and undoubtedly continued to advertise the Pageant 
and Masque for months after its performance. 

Not^vithstanding all of this publicity which had 
been given to the Pageant and Masque, there was a 
surprisingly large number of St. Louisans, including 
some of our best-read citizens, who did not under- 
stand its true character and purpose. The effect of 
this general lack of appreciation manifested itself 
in the results from the solicitation of subscriptions 
to support the enterprise. It was evident that some 
step must be taken quickly to inform every one of 
the true purpose and nature of the Pao;eant, in order 
to create the necessary enthusiasm for it. 

The Publicity Committee, therefore, recommended 
to the Executive Committee that an advertising 
campaign be conducted, in the St. Louis press, by 
means of display advertising. 

The Publicity Committee, in making this recom- 
mendation, did so with the belief that it was the only 
means available for quickly informing the public, 
for creating the right amount of enthusiasm, and for 
producing adequate contributions. 

The Executive Committee, seeing the logic of the 

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suggestion, approved the recommendation and made 
a limited appropriation for the purpose, whereupon 
the Publicity Committee prepared a series of ad- 
vertisements, beginning with a full page in each pa- 
per, and followed up each week with a half page, be- 
ginning April 3d and ending April 18th. 

The opening advertisement pictured the stage, 
with a vast audience seated in the amphitheatre. Be- 
neath this illustration was a complete and concise de- 
scription of the Pageant and Masque, and its pur- 
poses, which was displayed in prominent type. 

With the first insertion of this advertisement the 
erroneous impression that the Pageant and Masque 
was a parade, to be followed by a masked ball, was 
completely dispelled, and the Pageant and Masque 
had established itself for what it was to be in the 
minds of every person in St. Louis who could read. 

Interest was sustained by the succeeding adver- 
tisements, each of which portrayed some scene to be 
shown in the Pageant and Masque. 

At the conclusion of about three Aveeks, and before 
the appropriation had been entirely spent, it was 
evident that the advertising campaign had accom- 
plished its purpose, and the remaining funds avail- 
able for advertising were conserved for subsequent 
use. 

The most immediate evidence of the success of the 
advertising campaign manifested itself in renewed 
efforts to obtain subscriptions, with marked improve- 
ment in results. 

When the advertising campaign was first started, 
subscriptions had been given to the amount of ap- 
proximately $35,000.00, of which only $20,000.00 had 
been collected. At the conclusion of the Pre-Pageant 
period, the subscriptions and collections had both 
risen to above $70,000.00. 

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On May 7th the manner in which certain seats 
were to be reserved was determined npon, and pub- 
lic announcement of the exceedingly fair distribution 
of free and paid seats was made, through display ad- 
vertisements in local papers. 

As no previous announcement had been made that 
any of the seats were to be sold, the manner of an- 
nouncing the sale of seats called for a very careful 
presentation of the situation. It affords some pleas- 
ure to know that the announcement was received 
with general satisfaction, and that the amount of 
criticism was negligible. 

As soon as the announcement was made that seats 
would be sold, the task of selling the eighty-odd thou- 
sand seats reserved presented itself as a consider- 
able one. Again the Publicity Department was called 
upon, and ample display advertising was employed, 
the effectiveness of which was proven by the ticket 
sales, which amounted to over $60,000.00. 

Thousands were turned away at each perform- 
ance because of inability to get seats. 

The Publicity Committee points to the record- 
breaking attendance of each performance as evidence 
of the effectiveness of the work of the committee in 
bringing to the attention of the public the splendid 
work done by other committees who had charge of 
the production of the Pageant and IMasque. The 
Publicity Committee was merely tlie mouthpiece of 
these splendid Avorkers, and it was a rare privilege 
to be able to speak of their work. 

Upon the recommendation of the Publicity Com- 
mittee, ample accommodations were provided for 
representatives of the press, a large press box being 
erected near the lagoon, directly opposite the center 
of the stage. This press booth was fitted up with 

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benches and chairs for the press correspondents; 
was equipped with electric lights and numerous tele- 
phones, with the result that each performance was 
extensively and quickly reported by the local papers. 

The Associated Press co-operated with the Pub- 
licity Committee by preparing and mailing out, in ad- 
vance, a complete story of the Pageant and Masque. 
This was followed by a thousand-word telegraph 
item, which went to all parts of the United States, 
and was used in conjunction with the story previous- 
ly mailed. 

This gave the Pageant and Masque of St. Louis 
publicity throughout the entire United States. 

Under the direction of the Publicity Committee 
about 200 excellent pictures of the Pageant and 
Masque were taken by the official photographer, Mr. 
Martin Schweig. 

These pictures and descriptions of the Pageant 
and Masque, and full newspaper reports, were fur- 
nished to all the important magazines of the country, 
several of which published articles. Among these 
magazines were The World's Work, The Literary 
Digest, The Review of Reviews, The Survey and The 
Multitude. 

Thus, through the Pageant and Masque, St. Louis 
secured very wide publicity, which will be of lasting 
benefit to the city. 

In conclusion, I wish to draw attention to the fact 
that the Pageant and Masque of St. Louis is the only 
large public exhibition or celebration, up to the pres- 
ent time, for which display advertising Avas used to 
create interest and patronage, and so far as I know, 
it is the only thing of its kind which has been a finan- 
cial success. 

On behalf of the Publicity Committee, I, therefore, 

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wish to make public acknowledgment of the value of 
paid display advertising in the promotion of public 
enterprise; I also wish, on behalf of the Publicity 
Committee, to thank the local newspapers for their 
splendid co-operation through their reading columns, 
which, Avith the paid display advertising, shares the 
credit of creating such remarkable patronage and 
enthusiasm for the Pageant and Masque. 

HERBERT S. GARDNER. 



THE SPEAKERS' BUREAU. 

Mrs. Philip N. Moore, Chairman. 

Early in January the St. Louis Pageant Drama 
Association had received applications from clubs 
and various organizations for speakers concerning 
the Pageant and Masque, already attracting wide at- 
tention and heralded as the largest and most beau- 
tiful of all the pageants given in this country. With 
this incentive a committee was appointed to meet 
the need. 

We were fortunate in securing a list of most rep- 
resentative men and women, filled with the spirit of 
service and loyalty to the cit}^, Avith a knowledge of 
its history and thoroughly familiar Avith the scope 
and beauty of the Pageant. 

The call for speakers gradually increased until 
Ave filled from four to seven engagements every day, 
in all parts of the city and county, throughout the 
state and in Hlinois. 

The speakers Avere loyally ready Avhenever asked, 
and Avere enthusiastic in their reception. As the 
speakers served Avithout comjiensation, our only re- 

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quest was that an interested audience be assured 
and that full publicity be given the occasion, for the 
influence it might have on public opinion. 

The chairman received the first communication, 
decided upon the best speaker for the special need 
and, whoever was available, notified the organiza- 
tion of the name of the speaker, with telephone num- 
ber and some characteristic introduction. Notifica- 
tion was also sent at once to the speaker, giving 
place, time and the telephone number of the organ- 
ization, with all available literature, postal cards, 
etc. 

The success of the work was shown in the num- 
ber of schools, churches, clubs, improvement asso- 
ciations and many other organizations requesting 
speakers, and in the letters of appreciation that 
came to the chairman. 

The number of organizations served was 450 and 
the number of speakers 60. 

It is well worth the time and effort to get together 
— just once and forevermore. 

EVA PERRY MOORE. 



THE WRITERS' BUREAU. 

Charlotte E. Taussig, Chairman. 

The Writers' Bureau of the Pageant Drama As- 
sociation was formed in the end of February. The 
object of the Bureau was to obtain articles relating 
to the St. Louis Pageant and to pageants in general, 
and then to pass these articles on to the . Publicity 
Committee for placing and publication. It was in 
no way the province of the Writers' Bureau to have 

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the articles published, and the Bureau was formed 
with that distinct understanding. Various methods 
of obtaining articles were used by the Bureau. Let- 
ters were written to former St. Louisans who had 
achieved distinction in other cities, asking them to 
write something, even though it was only a letter 
endorsing the Pageant. A circular letter was writ- 
ten to every St. Louisan whose name appears in 
'^ Who's Who,'' asking for an article of some kind, 
and an effort was made to find out and reach the St. 
Louisans Avho had attended other Pageants and have 
them write their impressions of those in their rela- 
tion to the St. Louis Pageant. 

As the work of the Pageant and Masque pro- 
gressed, writers were obtained to deal mth the dif- 
ferent lines of work, the costumes, the stage set- 
ing, the music and other phases, and these articles 
appeared in papers and magazines. 

In fact, the work of the Writers' Bureau consisted 
of getting an article or a letter wherever and when- 
ever it seemed possible, and the response came from 
many directions. Letters and articles came from 
the state's representatives at Washington, from 
former Missourians who had become famous as 
teachers, writers and dramatists; from distin- 
guished citizens, from citizens and from school chil- 
dren. CHARLOTTE E. TAUSSIG. 



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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 

COMMITTEE ON COMPETITION FOE POSTAL 
CARDS AND BOOK COVERS. 

Holmes Smith, Chairman. 

Preparations. — On December 18, 1913, the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Pageant Drama Association 
voted to offer money prizes as follows: 

For Designs for Postal Cards to be used in ad- 
vertising the Pageant and Masque: 

1st Prize $75.00 

2nd Prize 25.00 

3rd Prize 10.00 

Eight Prizes 5.00 each 

For Designs for covers for Book of Words and 
Programme : 

iRt Prize $150.00 

2nd Prize 50.00 

The Executive Committee appointed the follow- 
ing persons as a committee to take charge of the 
competitions, and to serve as a jury in awarding 
the prizes : 

Holmes Smith, Chairman, 
Miss Mary E. Bulkley, 
R. A. Holland, 
Arthur Kocian, 
v. L. price. 

This committee drew up a programme announc- 
ing the rules under which the competitions were to 
be conducted. This programme was approved by 
the Executive Committee and printed copies were 
sent to the press of St. Louis, the St. Louis High 
Schools, the St. Louis Public Library and all its 
branches, the art schools throughout the country, 
and to the painters, designers and illustrators 
whose names appeared in ** Who's Who in Art'' for 
1913. In this way more than 4000 programmes were 

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issued, together with as many printed circulars set- 
ting forth the general conception and purpose of the 
Pageant and Masque. In addition the programme 
of rules was printed in Bulletin No. 1, of the Pageant 
and Masque, of which many thousands were distrib- 
uted by the Committee on Publicity. 

Results of Post Card Competition. — The date of 
the closing of the post card competition was Febru- 
ary 7, and on February 8 the committee met as a 
jury to award the prizes. About sixty-five designs 
were submitted with, however, disappointing results. 
In judging the designs the jury took into considera- 
tion — 

1. Artistic quality, 

2. Significance, 

3. Advertising value, 

4. Adaptability to, and probable cost of reproduction. 

It was evident from the character of the designs 
submitted that art students, artists and the public 
at large, had not at this time been brought to realize 
in any adequate way the real importance and nature 
of the festival. In the mind of many of the compet- 
itors it was evident that the word Masque conveyed 
only the idea of a masquerade. The jury foimd no 
drawing that was considered worthy of a first, sec- 
ond or third prize, or suitable to be published as a 
picture postal card for the purpose of advertising 
the Pageant and Masque. They therefore withheld 
the first three prizes, but in view of a certain degree 
of merit to be found in their designs they awarded 
prizes of $5.00 each to — 

Miss Mildred L. Bailey. 5778 McPlierson Ave., St. Louis. 

Geo. F. Blake R. F. D. No. 8, Pontiac, Mich. 

Henrik Hillborn Wallingford, Conn. 

Miss Myrtle E. Merritt Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y. 

William B. Papin 4925 Berlin Ave., St. Louis. 

Harel J. Zak Elgin, Illinois. 

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In accordance with a recommendation of the Com- 
petition Committee to the Executive Committee, all 
the designs were exhibited in the galleries of Messrs. 
Noonan and Kocian, Tenth and Locust streets, St. 
Louis. 

In view of the failure to obtain the designs for pos- 
tal cards by means of competition the committee 
recommended that Mr. 0. E. Berninghaus, of this 
city, the well-known painter of western subjects, be 
commissioned to prepare designs for six postal cards 
for the sum of $125.00. Mr. Berninghaus accepted 
the commission and prepared the designs, which, 
after the approval of the committee, were turned 
over to the chairman of the Committee of Publicity, 
under whose supervision the cards were prepared 
and placed on sale. 

ResiiUs of the Programme and Book Cover Com- 
petition. — The date of the closing of this competition 
was February 21. On February 22d, the committee, 
acting in their capacity as jury, met and after a care- 
ful examination of some fifty designs submitted, 
made the following recommendations to the Execu- 
tive Committee : 

That the design submitted by Miss Amy Isaacs, 
4927 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, be awarded 
the second prize ; that the designs submitted by the 
following persons be awarded honorable mention : 

Miss Mildred L. ,Bailey.5778 McPherson Ave., St. Louis. 
Miss Margaret E. Barnes. Grand and Lindell, St. Louis. 

Vincent Burley 197 Coleridge St., San Francisco. 

Miss Katlierin M. Daland.319 Vista Terrace, Chicago, 111. 
Miss Gladys M. Hinkley.96 St. James Ave., Boston, Mass. 
GeorgeC.Sturtevant.62 Highland Ave.,Fitcliburg, Mass. 
Edward Tarflinger. ... 24 W. 60th St., New York City. 
Miss Mary Agnes Yerkes. .6437 Iowa St., Oak Park, 111. 



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That the design submitted by C. N. Sarka, 151 E. 
Twenty-first street, New York City, which did not 
comply with the dimensions laid down in the rules, 
be declared ineligible for a prize, but that in accord- 
ance with a rule of the contest, it be purchased by 
the association for the sum of $15.00, that in view 
of the exceptional merit of the design the artist be 
given an additional honorariam of $85.00, and that 
the said design be used for the cover of the book of 
words. 

That one of the designs receiving honorable men- 
tion, namely, that of Geo. Clinton Sturtevant, 62 
Highland avenue, Fitchburg, Mass., be purchased 
under the rules, and after some slight modification, 
be used as the design for the Official Programme. 

The recommendations of the committee, with the 
concurrence of the chairman of the Book Committee, 
were adopted and the chosen designs were turned 
over to the Book Committee under whose supervis- 
ion the designs were used for their respective pur- 
poses. 

Another design submitted by E. Allena Champlin, 
151 Langeston street, Albany, N. Y., was purchased 
by the Executive Committee and used for the cover 
of the ^' Story of Old St. Louis.'' 

Upon the recommendation of the committee, the 
whole collection of designs submitted was exhibited 
at the Public Library. 

HOLMES SMITH. 



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COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AND LEGAL 
AFFAIRS. 

Lambert E. Walther, Chairman. 

After the site and the approximate time for hold- 
ing the Pageant had been determined by the Ex- 
ecutive Committee of the Association, it became 
necessary to obtain permission from the City of St. 
Louis for holding the celebration in Forest Park. 
The consent of the city could be expressed only 
through an ordinance of the Municipal Assembly, 
and the duty of preparing such an ordinance de- 
volved upon this committee. The committee also 
attended to the introduction of the ordinance into 
both branches of the Assembly and urged upon the 
members of the committees of the Assembly to which 
it was referred the prompt passage of the ordinance. 
It was adopted without modification, and was ap- 
proved by the Mayor on December 22, 1913, being 
numbered 27362 of the ordinances of the City of St. 
Louis. 

The provision of the ordinance which probably 
did the most to win friends for it in the city legis- 
lative body was the condition that at least one-half 
of the seats should be free. 

At the outset the association was a voluntary one. 
But as the plans of the organization began to as- 
sume definite shape and the magnitude of the un- 
dertaking became apparent, it was found necessary 
to convert the association into a legal entity and this 
committee was called upon to prepare a petition to 
the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for a 
pro forma decree of incorporation. This was done, 

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and Judge J. Hugo Grimm, of Division No. 1 of the 
Circuit Court, on October 30th, 1913, granted a de- 
cree of incorporation to the association under the 
name of the ^^St. Louis Pageant Drama Associa- 
tion." 

With a view to making the organization a perma- 
nent force in the community, through which there 
could be kept alive and utilized in the advancement 
of similar movements for civic uplift, the spirit en- 
gendered by the Pageant, the purposes of the or- 
ganization as set forth in its charter were extended 
far beyond the immediate object which called the 
organization into being, as will be seen by the fol- 
lowing excerpt from the Articles of Association: 

"Section 3: The object and purpose of the St. Louis Pageant 
Drama Association shall be the preparation and production of 
pageant dramas, to reproduce dramatic episodes in the history 
of the City of St. Louis and the State of Missouri and of the 
surrounding country and of the United States and upon any 
other subjects; to produce dramas, masques, episodes, plays and 
other performances for the enjoyment, enlightenment, education 
and benefit of the City of St. Louis and elsewhere; to promote 
public recreation, the civic theater, the civic drama and other 
civic purposes, and to make and employ all means necessary or 
proper to carry out these objects." 

The permission to give the performance in Forest 
Park did not carry with it the right to let the re- 
freshment and other privileges and it was necessary 
to obtain special authority through the Municipal 
Assembly of the city to do so. The committee pre- 
pared an ordinance covering the subject, which 
passed the City Council, but met with opposition in 
the House of Delegates and died with the session. 
A new bill was introduced immediately upon the re- 
convening of the Assembly, and by making some 
slight changes in the wording of it, the opponents 
to the former bill were satisfied, and the measure 

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was passed by both branches of the Assembly and 
approved by the Mayor. 

The above mentioned were the only legislative 
and court proceedings which the committee had to 
look after. The rest of its work consisted of the 
drafting of the numerous contracts made with the 
authors, composers, directors, costumers, mer- 
chants and others with whom agreements were made 
for services, materials or supplies. Controversies, 
of course, arose in the performance of these con- 
tracts, but considering the magnitude of the enter- 
prise and the short period of time for carrying it 
out, the misunderstandings which arose between the 
association and its numerous contractors and em- 
ployees were few and were easily adjusted. 

The efficient work of the chairman and secretary 
of the Executive Committee and other administra- 
tive officers, made the work of this committee com- 
paratively light. With a less efficient administra- 
tion there would probably have been many legal en- 
tanglements. 

LAMBERT E. WALTHER. 



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PRODUCTIONS COMMITTEE. 

William W. LaBeaume, Chairman. 

In giving a resume of the work done by the com- 
mittees which governed and participated in that part 
of the preparations for the Pageant and Masque of 
Saint Louis, and its actual production, which is pop- 
ularly termed the *^ producing department, ' ' and 
which we styled the '^Productions Committee,'' it is 
necessary for me to refer to that time when, in the 
summer of 1913, the organization consisted solely of 
an Executive Committee with some fourteen or fif- 
teen members. The problem of effecting a working 
organization which would be large enough to include 
representatives from all districts, nationalities, and 
commercial, social and civic bodies in the city, while 
still remaining directly under the control of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, was solved by the appointment 
of eight committees, namely, those on Finance, 
Transportation, Associations and Organizations, 
Entertainment of Visitors, Publicity, Legal and Mu- 
nicipal Affairs, Preservation of Historical Material 
and Productions. Later, additional committees were 
appointed, such as the Committees on Public Safety, 
Native Born Saint Louisans, and Sanitation. 

Since the Executive Committee contemplated giv- 
ing the largest Pageant ever produced — a Pageant 
which would demand the services of approximately 
seven thousand performers — the incidental details of 
providing an adequate stage, adequate scenery, cos^ 
tumes and properties, in addition to the enrollment 
and training of this huge cast, immediately brought 
the Productions Committee to a realization of the 

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fact that a work of no mean proportions confronted 
it. The services of innumerable Saint Lonisans who 
would be willing to sacrifice their time and lend their 
energy and ability to this great civic work had to be 
obtained in order to carry ont the plans of the com- 
mittee, and with that end in view the Productions 
Committee organized itself into ten sub-commit- 
tees as follows: Book, Cast, Costumes, Dancing, 
Stage Settings, Stage Management, Properties, 
Lighting, Music, and Auditorium. The chairman of 
these sub-committees formed the Executive Produc- 
tions Committee, or staff. The ten sub-committees 
totaled in membership several hundred persons from 
all parts of the city, chosen because of their experi- 
ence, ability and interest in the line of endeavor to 
be undertaken by the sub-committee upon which they 
were placed. Each of the ten sub-committees was 
organized with a chairman, a vice-chairman and a 
secretary. 

The first duty of the Productions Committee was 
that of selecting and appointing the professional 
Pageant Masters. After a somewhat thorough study 
of Pageants heretofore given in this country, and of 
the methods employed by various Pageant Masters, 
and after having interviewed several of the most 
prominent persons of the profession, the committee 
decided to engage Thomas Wood Stevens to write 
and stage the Pageant ; Percy MacKaye to write the 
Masque, and Joseph Lindon Smith to stage Mr. Mac- 
Kaye 's Masque. We were most fortunate in having 
been able to secure the services of these men. The 
personal interest evidenced by each of these three 
geniuses, and the sacrifices made by them in their en- 
deavor to make the Pageant and Masque an unparal- 
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the most loyal Saint Louisan. It is unnecessary for 
me to comment on the splendid triumphs achieved by 
these authors and artists, but it is surely most fit- 
ting for me to mention the fact that they could not 
have accomplished such success had not thousands 
of public-spirited, loyal and talented Saint Louisans 
rushed to the front and unselfishly contributed an al- 
most inconceivable amount of labor, patience, 
thought and ingenuity. After the Pageant Masters 
were appointed, in November, 1913, the first sub- 
committee of the Productions Committee to become 
actively engaged in the construction of the Pageant 
and Masque was the Book Committee. The mem- 
bers of this committee, led by Dr. Arthur E. Bost- 
wick. Librarian of the Saint Louis Public Library, 
used most excellent judgment in their selection of 
episodes, in the history of Saint Louis, to be used 
by Thomas Wood Stevens as a scenario for the Pa- 
geant. 

Since the Executive Committee planned to give 
the Pageant on the last four days in the month of 
May, 1914, at the foot of Art Hill, in Forest Park, 
the Productions Committee tentatively decided to 
divide the affair into two parts: The Pageant, a 
realistic treatment of the more important events in 
the city's history, was to be designed to commence at 
6 :30 in the afternoon and to last for one and one-half 
hours. By so doing the sunset and twilight, gradual- 
ly blending into the artificial lighting scheme, were 
to play an important part in the scenic effects. The 
Masque, a poetic and s^nnbolic treatment of the 
city's history, was to follow the Pageant, after a fif- 
teen-minute intermission, and was to be designed to 
be enacted under artificial lighting. The natural 
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capable of accommodating over one hundred thou- 
sand spectators, it Avas necessary to construct a stage 
commensurate with the ampitheatre, and with this 
idea in mind we planned to build a stage across the 
Grand Basin of water at the foot of the hill, connect- 
ing two points of land about five hundred feet apart. 
The stage was to be over five hundred feet wide and 
two hundred and fifty feet deep and separated from 
the audience by a body of water one hundred and 
fifty feet mde and sweeping in a graceful curve from 
a point several hundred feet on the left side of the 
stage to a corresponding point on the right. By car- 
rying out this scheme we had in miniature the city of 
Saint Louis as viewed from the Illinois shore of the 
Mississippi Eiver. With this magnificent Pageant 
site before them, the authors, Messrs. MacKaye and 
Stevens, were commissioned to prepare the books of 
the Pageant and Masque respectively. 

The chart on page 42 illustrates the manner in 
which the Productions Committee was organized. 
The reports of the chairmen of the several sub-com- 
mittees of the Productions Committee follow. 

WILLIAM LaBEAUME. 



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BOOK COMMITTEE. 

Arthur E. Bostwick, Chairman. 



The committee was organized on August 5, 1913, 
in the office of the Chairman, at the Public Library, 
by the selection of Judge Douglas as Vice-Chair- 
man and Mr. Mont Schuyler as Secretary. The first 
work of the committee was to consider and discuss 
historical episodes that might be proper material 
for the book. Various episodes were suggested ten- 
tatively by members of the committee and it was the 
feeling at first that the historical representation 
should be limited to the period before and including 
the transfer of the territory of Louisiana to the Gov- 
ernment of the United States. At a subsequent meet- 
ing the various episodes selected were assigned to 
members of the committee for further study and con- 
sideration. 

At the third meeting of the committee, held on 
November 4, 1913, the authors of the Pageant and 
Masque, Mr. Thomas Wood Stevens and Mr. Percy 
MacKaye, were present for the first time, and both 
recommended strongly that the period to be covered 
be extended practically to the present day. This 
point was probably the one on which most difference 
of opinion developed in the committee during its de- 
liberations, and it was felt that its decision might be 
a vital one in the presentation of the Pageant. Most 
of the members of the committee felt in particular 
that it would be very injudicious to represent in this 
city any definite episodes connected with the prog- 
ress of the Civil War. Due deference being paid to 
the expressed opinion of Mr. Stevens and Mr. Mac- 

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Kaye, the members of the committee and the authors 
of the Pageant and Masque finally agreed that the 
Pageant could very properly be made to end mth 
the announcement of peace at the close of the war, 
the war itself being represented s^anbolically rather 
than by the presentation of definite episodes. There 
was no difference of opinion with regard to the be- 
ginning of the Pageant, everyone acknowledging that 
it should go back as far as the time of the Mound 
Builders. 

At a subsequent meeting of the committee, held on 
December 12, Mr. Stevens outlined the general char- 
acter of the Pageant, as it subsequently was carried 
out. The plan was a departure from the more usual 
episodic methods; the period to be covel^ed being 
broken up into three great movements, correspond- 
ing to the acts of a play, and the separate episodes 
being in the nature of scenes, using the word in the 
French rather than the English sense. The scenes 
were not to be definitely separated, but Avere to flow 
one into another Avithout definite break. The play- 
ing of the third movement, or act, in the dusk, and 
the dramatic effect of this arrangement, was also ex- 
plained by Mr. Stevens. There was considerable dis- 
cussion, both at this and at other times, of the possi- 
bility of hearing the actors speak. It was the opin- 
ion of some of the committee that it would be im- 
possible to hear the actors and that the whole repre- 
sentation should be limited to a pantomine. Both 
Mr. Stevens and Mr. MacKaye, after due experi- 
ment, were of the opinion that much that was said 
could be heard, and that in any case talking was 
necessary to motivate the action properly. Mr. 
Stevens believed that it would be possible so to ar- 
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word would nevertheless understand perfectly what 
was going on, and everything that was heard would 
simply add to the clearness of perception in the au- 
dience. 

It is remarkable how this preliminary presentation 
of his plan by Mr. Stevens was carried out in the 
actual Pageant and how in every case his ideas and 
beliefs were realized and the objections to them 
shown by the event to be groundless. 

In regard to the book of the Masque, the commit- 
tee from the first gave Mr. MacKaye full scope in its 
preparation, and although he reported its progress 
from time to time, they did not interfere with him in 
any way, feeling that the best aid they could give 
him was in allowing his imaginative and construc- 
tive abilities full sw^ay. Here too the committee feels 
that its action was amply justified by the event. 

These matters having been decided, little more re- 
mained to the committee except the routine work of 
preparing the book for publication and seeing it 
through the press, most of which was done personally 
by the Chairman. 

It was decided to print the whole book on some- 
w^hat heavy rough-surface paper and to sew it, so 
that it Avould open easily. Half-tones were not used, 
on account of the necessity of introducing another 
kind of paper, which would not match the paper on 
which the text was printed and would have to be 
tipped in with paste or fastened in some other equally 
objectionable manner. Illustration Avas therefore 
limited to simple but striking head and tail pieces, 
which were executed for the committee by Miss Mar- 
garet Barnes, of Washington University Art School, 
and the colored design in poster effect on the outside 
cover, by Mr. Charles Sarka, of New York, whose de- 

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sign Avas chosen by a special committee as a result 
of a competition. The manner in Avhich the printing, 
both of the colored design and the text of the book, 
was executed, was eminently satisfactory. The plate 
for the colored design was made by the Nixon-Jones 
Printing Company, and the printing of both this and 
the text was done by the same company. In the art 
features of the book the committee received much 
valuable aid from Prof. Holmes Smith, Chairman of 
the Jury of xlward, and from his assistant, Mr. Delos 
C. Nicholson. A first edition of 25,000 was printed. 
This ha^dng been exhausted, a second edition of 5,000 
was struck off after the performance of the Pageant 
and Masque and a small number of these remain in 
the possession of the committee. A copy was sent to 
each of nearly 4,000 public libraries, so that copies of 
this interesting book will be preserved permanently 
in many different parts of the country, where they 
will form a valuable addition to local collections on 
the history of American pageantry. 

The committee Avas also entrusted with the issue of 
the program of the Pageant. It was decided to use 
for this a paper of a dull glaze, making it possible to 
use half-tones, and to use for the cover one of the 
designs that had received honorable mention in the 
competition. The design selected was the work of 
Mr. George Clinton Sturtevant, of Fitchburg, Mass. 
The plate for this design was executed by the Barnes- 
Crosby Company, the printing of this and the text of 
the program being done by Nixon-Jones Printing 
Company. Owing to the fact that with such a large 
number of performers the members of the different 
groups were constantly dropping out and being re- 
placed, or transferred from one group to another, it 
seemed at first an impossibility to print the names 

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of the performers in the program book. This had 
never before been attempted ; but it was decided that 
it would be interesting to try to record as nearly as 
possible the names of all of our citizens who had 
given their time so generously to make the perform- 
ance a success. The Cast Committee was unable 
even at the last moment to furnish us with all the 
names, but as many as possible were recorded, and it 
is believed that this constitutes one of the most inter- 
esting features of the performance, although as was 
natural, some traces of the haste necessary in putting 
together and printing the material at the last mo- 
ment may be detected in the book. Photographs from 
which half-tones in the program were taken were 
made by the Gerhard Sisters, with the exception of 
one of Mr. MacKaye by the staff photographer of 
the St. Louis Star. 

Besides the publication of the book of words and 
the program, this committee, through a special sub- 
committee consisting of Mr. William C. Brecken- 
ridge, Mr. T. E. Spencer and Miss Amelia Fruchte, 
took up with Superintendent Blewett, at his request, 
the matter of an elementary manual of the history of 
St. Louis, to be used in the public schools in prepara- 
tion for the Pageant. It was decided to use for this 
purpose a sketch prepared by Mr. Spencer, a mem- 
ber of the sub-committee. This was published and 
distributed in accordance with the arrangement ar- 
rived at by the sub-committee and the Superintend- 
ent of Instruction, and it is probable that the knowl- 
edge and interest thus diffused had an important 
part in the success of the Pageant, both from the 
standpoint of the actors and from that of the audi- 
ence. Assistants in the branches of the Public Li- 
brary report that the interest of school children in 

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the history of the city and its proposed representa- 
tion in the Pageant increased very rapidly toward 
the end of the period immediately preceding the pres- 
entation. 

The chairman of the committee presided at the 
third and last session of the Conference of Cities, 
held in connection with the Pageant after its con- 
clusion, and by request of the Executive Committee 
he saw the printed proceedings of that conference 
through the press. This v/ork, while not strictly 
part of the duties of the committee, may be chron- 
icled here in passing. 

The committee feels that while its work, measured 
in actual effort and the time given to it, could not of 
course compare with that given by other commit- 
tees, such as those on Stage, Cast, Costume and 
Properties, the success of the Pageant depended 
very largely on its decision on certain matters con- 
nected with the representation and on its active co- 
operation with the authors of the Pageant and 
Masque. The committee congratulates itself that 
these matters seem to have been so adjusted as to 
lead to a successful issue. 

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK. 



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CAST COMMITTEE. 

Charles H. Diel, Yice-Ghairman. 

The glory of the Pageant was its cast. The main 
reason for the Pageant was to foster community 
spirit, and this was accomplished. The cast, in its 
willingness to work and in its accomplishment, was 
a revelation to all. The desire of the Cast Commit- 
tee was to get as many people enrolled as possible 
from all walks of life and from all parts of the city. 
To accomplish this they assembled groups from 
schools, civic organizations, social organizations, and 
from organizations representing the different na- 
tionalities. Individual enrollment cards were also 
placed around town at retail stores and at the Pub- 
lic Library and its branches ; and quite a number of 
people were brought in through that method. The 
total enrollment was 7,500, composed entirely of am- 
ateurs, of which no one, either principals or mem- 
bers, received pay. 

In an undertaking of this magnitude, it was neces- 
sary to get large numbers of people who were ex- 
perts in special lines. There was a chorus of some 
600 voices; there were swimmers, canoeists, wrest- 
lers and tumblers. One scene was carried in its en- 
tirety by a men's choral club, separate from the 
men's chorus; the horsemen came from two of our 
riding clubs ; our national guard, cavalry and artil- 
lery were represented by large numbers in their spe- 
cialties ; the Lafayette Ball scene was carried in its 
entirety by our leading woman's organization and 
the members of a trade-women's league= The 
^' March of the Pioneers" was composed of members 

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of one of our leading business organizations and 
their families — most of them direct descendants of 
the original pioneers; the dancers were gathered 
from practically all of the dancing schools of the 
city, and were led by the heads of their schools. 

As the enrollment cards were received by the Cast 
Committee, those whose cards promised unusual 
qualifications, such as might be needed in principals, 
were laid on one side. The singers were then called 
together in small groups and tested as to their qual- 
ifications to meet the needs of particular characters 
in the Pageant or Masque. The quality of the prin- 
cipals will forever remain a pleasure in the minds 
of those who drilled this cast. As the different 
scenes were laid out, groups were assigned to the 
different parts, and those with expert qualifications 
were assigned to the parts that they could do best. 
The principals were first drilled in their parts, each 
group separately; the members of each group were 
then drilled with the principals, and after they had 
become somewhat versed in their parts the different 
groups in each scene were drilled together. Finally, 
the different scenes were tied together by drilling 
through the whole Pageant and Masque. 

The opening scene of the Pageant had 150 char- 
acters in it. One of the later scenes carried as 
many as 1,500. The drilling of this number of per- 
sons on a bare stage, without scenery or properties, 
was quite a task, and was accomplished only by let- 
tering each group, giving each member thereof a tag 
with the letter of his group, and insisting that it be 
worn regularly, thereby keeping the groups together 
and establishing order during rehearsals. 

The performance of the Pageant and Masque 
lasted three hours. The necessity of handling this 

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great number of people on and off the stage within 
this time, compelled them to be practically letter- 
perfect and absolutely ready for their calls. The 
groups were assembled in the back of the stage on 
either side under standards bearing the group letter, 
and the stage on either side had two wings. When 
*^ Group A'' went on the stage, ^' Group B'' went 
into the wings ; and ^ ^ Group C " was moved up to the 
edge of the stage. The program called for the com- 
mencement of the Pageant at 6:30 in the evening, 
and none of the performances were started a minute 
later. They did not vary five minutes in the time 
taken to present them. Taking into consideration 
the fact that seventy-five per cent of the members of 
the cast were working men and women, this speaks 
volumes for their desire to do the right thing and for 
the interest of their employers in this immense un- 
dertaking. 

To enable the members of the cast to see the per- 
formances, twenty-five per cent, of them were fur- 
nished with tickets to one of the four performances, 
there being an over-cast of the actual amount needed 
to that extent. 

One of the main results of the Pageant is our 
Pageant Choral Society, which has been formed from 
members of the chorus in the Pageant, who have 
made for themselves an enviable reputation as a 
mixed chorus. 

The Cast Committee was selected with a view of 
representing all elements in the city. The name? 
of its members and those of the cast, arranged in the 
groups in which they performed, were printed in 
full in the official program. 

CHAELES H. DIEL. 



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COMMITTEE ON DANCING. 

DwiGHT F. Davis, Chairman. 

The membership of the committee consisted of the 
principal instructors of dancing in the city and a few 
non-professional members who were interested in 
the art of dancing. The committee organized by 
the election of D wight F. Davis as Chairman, Jacob 
Mahler as Vice-Chairman and Eugene Tittman aa 
Secretary. 

The dancing plot of the Pageant called for two 
dances, an Indian dance and a Gavotte; that of the 
Masque for a Maya Ceremonial dance and a chil- 
dren's dance of elves, fauns, will o' the wisps, etc. 

The committee assigned the development and 
teaching of the dances to the following instructors : 

Indian dances — Mr. F. L. Clendenin. 

Gavotte — Miss Olga Bates and Mr. Harry Trimp. 

Maya dance — Mr. Jacob Mahler, Miss Agnes 
Cady, Miss Ethel Weeden, Mr. Hans Lehrmann and 
a group of about 100 Boy Scouts under Scout Mas- 
ter Simmons. 

Dance of the Elves — Miss Bessie Murray. 

All of the dancing teachers devoted a great deal of 
time and energy to the writing and teaching of the 
dances, and the dancers themselves entered into the 
work with the greatest enthusiasm. The spirit shown, 
both by the teachers and the dancers, cannot be too 
highly commended, and as a result the dances were 
amongst the most interesting features of the Pageant 
and Masque. 

DWIGHT F. DAVIS. 



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AUDITORIUAI COMMITTEE. 

C. M. Talbert, Chairman. 

The first meeting of the committee was held on 
March 13th, at the Pageant offices in the Century 
Building, the chairman presiding. Mr. J. C. Bach- 
man was elected secretary. 

The committee had been notified by the Executive 
Committee that the following matters were to be 
considered by them : 

1. The number of seats to be furnished, with the 
estimate of 82,000 seats, partially reserved. 

2. The problem of reserved seats. The terms of 
the ordinance under which the permission was 
granted stipulated that at least one-half of the seats 
should be free. The question was, how the seats 
should be divided. 

3. Charges for seats. 

4. When tickets should be issued and placed on 
sale. 

5. The number of ushers. 

6. The handling of those spectators that were not 
provided with seats. 

7. The problem of approaches, i. e., the roads that 
the public would follow in reaching the ampitheatre. 

8. The same problem regarding the exits, i. e., 
roads to be used in lea\^ng the ampitheatre. 

9. Comfort Stations. 

Of the nine subjects above outlined, Nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 
and 9 are- disposed of in the reports of other commit- 

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tees, leaving only Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6 to be considered 
in detail. 

Seats. — This was the first and most important 
question before the committee. The general loca- 
tion of the entire production, together with the rela- 
tive location of the stage and the hillside from which 
the audience viewed the production, has been fully 
set forth in other reports. 

A number of tentative plans providing for seating 
from 30,000 to 60,000 people were presented and dis- 
cussed. The one finally recommended to the Produc- 
tions Committee and approved by them, provided for 
approximately 45,000 seats. The entire arrangement 
was symmetrical throughout, the arrangement, 
number of seats, designation, etc., being identical in 
the right and left halves. 

Immediately facing the lagoon and about thirty 
feet distant therefrom, were three rows of boxes, 
each seating six people, and each row comprising one 
hundred boxes, making a total of 1,800 seats. These 
boxes were seven feet by seven feet. The boxes were 
constructed so that the floor of the second row was 
approximately six inches above the floor of the first 
row and the floor of the third, the same height above 
the second. 

Both immediately in front and at the rear of the 
boxes were board walks or promenades, approxi- 
mately six feet in width and extending for the full 
length of the rows. A small section of the seats, im- 
mediately in line with the center aisle, was reserved 
for distinguished visitors and guests. 

The first division of the chairs was spaced about 
twenty feet back of the last row of boxes. These 
chair seats consisted of thirty sections, fifteen on the 
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aisle or passage. The sections were separated by 
aisles from three feet in width up to about twelve 
feet. Each section consisted of fourteen rows, four- 
teen chairs in each row, making a total of one hun- 
dred and ninety-six seats to each section, or for 
thirty sections, a total of 5,880. 

The space between the chairs and the boxes, called 
the promenade, was covered \\dth %-inch planks, laid 
on 2x4 sleepers. After the first night's perform- 
ance, it wa^ found that so much noise was made by 
people walking on this, that provision was made to 
cover it with roofing felt. This answered the pur- 
pose very well and the felt lasted during all the per- 
formances. 

The second division of chairs was spaced about 
fifteen feet back of the first division and in the same 
arrangement (there being, however, seventeen sec- 
tions instead of fifteen, as in the first), and seated a 
total of 7,056. After the first performance, an addi- 
tional row of seats was placed in front of the chairs 
on the reserved side, which increased the seating ca- 
pacity by 504. 

In the rear of the second division was a passage- 
way of twenty feet, back of which were arranged the 
bleacher seats. These were divided into six sections 
on each side of the center aisle, each section being 
divided into twenty-five rows and each row seating 
approximately fifty people. The sections were di- 
vided by aisles and passageways. The small aisles 
were about four feet in width and the large aisles 
about fifteen feet. The second division of bleacher 
seats was identical with the first division, there being 
a fifteen-foot passageway between the two divisions. 
The total seating capacity of the Auditorium was 
therefore as follows: 

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Box seats „ 1,800 

Reserved chairs — first division 5,880 

Reserved chairs — second division, including 
additional seats placed after first perform- 
ance 7,560 

Bleachers „ „ 30,000 

Total „ ^ „ 43,440 

It is estimated that over-crowding in the free seats 
added approximately 4,000 to the capacity of the 
bleachers, which would give an actual seating ca- 
pacity of approximately 47,000. 

The general arrangement of all of these seats and 
of the passageways and aisles was very satisfactory 
and this committee feels that no improvement could 
be made on the general arrangement, if the perform- 
ances were to be repeated. 

Reserved Seats. — The ordinance under which 
permission was given to hold the performance in 
Forest Park, required that at least one-half of the 
seats be free to the public. Various schemes of 
division were proposed, but that finally recom- 
mended to the Productions Committee, and approved 
by the Executive Committee, was to divide every- 
thing in the rear of the boxes into a right and a left 
half, to be identical in every respect, except for the 
box seats. It was feared by the Auditorium Com- 
mittee that this arrangement of free seats would 
cause the most desirable and available to be occupied 
by children or others who would arrive on the 
grounds very early and who would hold them for 
the purpose of disposing of them for their personal 
gain at the beginning or during the performance. 
This fear was not realized, however, and no difficul- 

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ties of this kind occurred. After this di\dsion was 
decided upon, it became necessary to provide some 
kind of fence or barrier to separate the free from the 
pay seats, and at the same time not to obstruct the 
view of anyone. For this purpose, it was decided to 
use the wire netting commonly called *^ chicken 
wire,'' three and one-half feet high, and this proved 
quite satisfactory, except in one or two cases where 
there was hea\^^ concentration from the free side, 
which made it necessary to make the fence more sub- 
stantial. These points were reinforced and no further 
trouble was experienced. 

Ushers, — It was very early decided by the commit- 
tee that if it could be arranged, the Boy Scouts' or- 
ganization would be the ideal one for ushers. The 
matter was presented to Mr. H. H. Simmons, Scout 
Commissioner of St. Louis, and received his hearty 
approval. 

As finally worked out, there were a total of four 
hundred Boy Scouts on duty throughout each day's 
performance. They reported on the grounds at 4 
o'clock p. m., and remained at their posts until the 
close of the performance, which was about 11 o'clock. 
The general arrangements of this part of the work 
were under the personal direction of Mr. Simmons 
and his assistants, Mr. Charles D. Ellis, Scout Mas- 
ter, who was chief usher, and Mr. Milton Miller, 
Scout Master, who was in direct charge of the box 
seats. 

It is very largely due to the organization of these 
Boy Scouts that the tremendous croAvds were han- 
dled with such precision and lack of confusion. They 
were at all times attentive to the duties assigned 
them, were courteous to all, and their discipline was 
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mendous crowd was seated and cared for during 
the performance and later dismissed without any- 
great trouble and confusion, it must be realized how 
efficiently the Boy Scouts' part of the work was 
handled. In this connection, attention is called to 
the report of the chief dispensary physician, which 
is appended hereto as a sub-report. 

These four hundred Boy Scouts, while divided 
among all of the various sections of the boxes, 
chairs and bleachers, were almost in exact propor- 
tion to the number of people seated in each section. 

Standing Room. — This was generally taken care 
of by the police force of the city, the police force of 
the Park Department and the Boy Scouts, as above 
enumerated, without the slightest confusion or diffi- 
culty at any time, and all three organizations deserve 
the highest commendation and credit therefor. 

Seating Contract. — A great deal of assistance was 
given to the committee in the practical work of lay- 
ing out the general arrangements of the seats, ticket 
offices, etc., by Mr. P. A. McHugh of the McHugh 
Grand Stand Company, general seating contractors, 
and his wide and varied experience in handling mat- 
ters of this character was almost invaluable to the 
committee. 

After working out the details with him and hav- 
ing them approved by the Productions and Execu- 
tive Committees, the Auditorium Committee asked 
for bids for the work to be done. These were asked 
with the hope of interesting local contractors with 
the idea of giving as much of the work as possible to 
St. Louis concerns. Two figures were received aside 
from that of Mr. McHugh, and they were far in 
excess of his; this because of the fact that he, 
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with tlie greater part of the materials necessary for 
the construction of the bleacher seats, and also had 
on hand all of the folding chairs necessary. The 
result was that the Auditorium Committee recom- 
mended to the Productions Committee that the con- 
tract be awarded to Mr. McHugh in the lump sum 
of $11,(X)0.00, tliis amount to cover all of the seating 
arrangements heretofore enumerated and in addi- 
tion thereto all fences surrounding and dividing the 
chairs and eight ticket-selling offices, which were 
to be located at such places as the committee might 
direct. This was an approximate price of twenty- 
five cents per seat, including box seats and bleachers. 
It also covered furnishing all material and labor 
necessary to place all work in position, as well as all 
labor necessary to remove them from the grounds at 
the close of the production. The Auditorium Commit- 
tee, acting for the Productions Committee, also en- 
tered into contract with the same concern for fur- 
nishing tents to be used for dressing rooms for the 
cast. This contract covered, besides tents, a six-foot 
woven-wire fence as well as the necessary chairs, 
clothes racks, etc., for the interior. 

Emergency Hospital Service. — As one of the mem- 
bers of this committee, Mr. Gessler, was a member 
of the Hospital Board of the City of St. Louis, the 
general arrangements for the establishment and op- 
eration of the emergency hospital tent, ambulance 
service, etc., was left in his name, and it is largely 
to his knowledge of conditions and to his careful 
plans that this part of the committee's responsibili- 
ties worked out so splendidly. 

The following is a report of Dr. Eolla A. Henry, 
Chief Dispensary Physician, pertaining thereto : 

After looking over the outlay of the seating and 

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the staging arrangements, it was decided to estab- 
lish a tent hospital near the stage. Some seven 
thousand actors being engaged in a very spectacular 
performance, it was anticipated that minor acci- 
dents, at least, were liable to occur. The strain upon 
the actors and actresses in this performance, as they 
were in the main amateurs, undergoing many re- 
hearsals in the open air and subject to exhaustion, 
was not inconsiderable. The wonderful and orderly 
arrangements in the care of the actors and in staging 
the performance, so conserved the energy of the par- 
ticipants, however, that practically no need for the 
hospital tent developed. This alone speaks for the 
wonderful management and preciseness with which 
everything was carried out. 

On a stage covering several acres, a performance 
requiring the use of many horses, even to the staging 
of a medieval combat between mounted knights, 
charging at full speed against each other in the lists, 
was rehearsed and carried through three complete 
performances, without a serious injury to any par- 
ticipant or minor injuries, which could in any way 
subsequently prove serious. An audience of over one 
hundred thousand people attended each perform- 
ance; and from the transportation of this mass of 
humanity by the street cars and automobiles to the 
seating and dispersion of the crowd after each 
performance, all went with such order and precis- 
ion, that not a single serious accident occurred to 
mar the fineness of the entire undertaking. 

Ample provisions were made for medical and sur- 
gical service, but outside of minor and incidental in- 
juries, they were not needed. The excellent work 
of the Auditorium Committee in arranging for the 
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crowding, without excitement, without disturbances 
of the peace, without any hysteria, are entirely re- 
sponsible for the fact that the medical and surgical 
corps was really an ornamental auxiliary. This was 
a very practical exemplification of what prophylaxis, 
which is the modern tendency in medicine, can do and 
could do in all communities. 

Such minor cases as required treatment were 
taken care of as follows: 

The Hospital Section of the Boy SCouts, whose 
tent adjoined the Hospital Tent, was assigned to 
patrol the audience and should anyone become sick, 
to immediately report to the headquarters, obtain a 
litter and bring the patient there. A number of 
Boy Scouts, under the charge of Dr. A. S. Barnes, 
Jr., were thus assigned. The discipline and spirit 
of the Boy Scouts was excellent. The Hospital Tent 
and actual treatment were in charge of the First 
Regiment of the National Guards of Missouri, under 
the supervision of Major E. H. Burgher. Fortu- 
nately their services were confined to minor injuries. 
The ambulances were supplied by the City Dispen- 
sary Service, under the direction of the Chief Dis- 
pensary Physician. An ambulance was practically 
not needed, making several trips, but none for any 
severely injured patients. 

The co-operation between the Boy Scouts, the 
First Regiment and the City Dispensary was perfect 
and in line with the entire management of the Pa- 
geant and Masque, where everyone co-operated will- 
ingly and obligingly The lack of confusion and ac- 
cidents in the staging and presentation of this 
enormous undertaking, cannot be too strongly em- 
phasized, as it speaks volumes for the efficiency of 
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tion. The psychology of the crowd, the good humor 
which was every^vhere in evidence, belong properly 
to other hands in their description, but undoubtedly 
contributed largely to facilitate the ease with which 
ever^i^hing was effected. 

In closing this report, the chairman desires to 
commend the members of the committee for their 
work both individually and collectively and to say 
that it was through their efforts that the work of the 
Auditorium Committee was so successfully carried 
out. Everyone gave freely of his time and energy 
throughout the period, both of preparation and per- 
formance. C. M. TALBERT. 



COMMITTEE ON STAG^E SETTING. 

George E. Kessler, Chairman. 

Preliminary to the active participation of the com- 
mittee itself, the chairman, together with Park Com- 
missioner Davis and Miss Charlotte Rumbold, Sec- 
retary of the Public Recreation Commission, having 
made an exhaustive study of the city with reference 
to the possibilities for a site for presentation of the 
Pageant and Masque, concluded to recommend the 
site of the Grand Basin, which was formerly a part 
of the lagoon system of the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position, lying at the foot of what is now known as 
Art Hill, below the Art Building in Forest Park. 
After having considered very many suggestions for 
other sites, this was finally determined upon for 
recommendation to the association. 

The site accepted, the preliminary studies for the 
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Hill as the auditorium, were carefully considered, 
and as so planned, largely by the Park Commission- 
er, assisted by his Superintendent of Construction, 
Mr. Nelson Cunliff, these plans were submitted to 
the Stage Setting Committee at its first meeting. 

Subsequent to this meeting this committee actively 
and enthusiastically aided in the furthering of every 
detail in the establishment, construction and re- 
moval of the stage and its accessories. 

The committee was organized with Mr. Thomas C. 
Young as Vice- Chairman, and Mr. Nelson Cunliff 
as Secretary. A sub-conmiittee was subsequently or- 
ganized, comprising the architect and engineer mem- 
bers of the whole committee, as the Committee on 
Scenery and Stage Accessories, under Mr. Louis La- 
Beaume, Chairman. Later the committee employed 
Mr. Nelson Cunliff to carry forward the construc- 
tion, as he, mth others, had planned for the stage 
and its accessories. From that time forward the 
work progressed most satisfactorily, and was com- 
pleted in ample time. 

It is worthy of note that the work of this commit- 
tee was held entirely within the appropriations asked 
therefor, and that the work of pile-driving and erec- 
tion of the stage platform, as well as the stage ac- 
cessories, brought interested study and favorable 
comment on the part of architects and engineers 
generally throughout the country. 

To the very able, self-sacrificing assistance of the 
members of this committee, and particularly to the 
close supervision to its manifold details given by Mr. 
Louis LaBeaume, as chairman of the Sub-Committee, 
and Mr. Cunliff, as Superintendent of Construction, 
is due the successful completion of the committee's 
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gest incorporation of the memoranda submitted for 
this narrative by Mr. liaBeanme for the sub-com- 
mittee, and by Mr. Cunliff, largely calling attention 
to that element of the work in his charge. 

GEO. E. KESSLER 

[In accordance with Mr. Kessler's recommenda- 
tion the reports of the tAvo sub-committees named 
above, follow herewith. Ed.] 



EEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
CONSTRUCTION. 

Nelson Cunliff. 

Before actual work was started, bids were re- 
ceived from construction firms and were considered 
with the idea of letting certain portions of the work 
by contract. These bids all exceeded the engineers' 
estimate from 20 to 25 per cent and they were re- 
jected, with the recommendation that -the work be 
done by the Park Department, using such forces as 
the Superintendent saw fit. 

Plans were developed for a stage which should be 
built entirely over the water of the grand basin of 
the Lagoon in Forest Park. The front line or shore 
line of the stage was to be built up in circular shape, 
following as closely as practical the river front line 
of the City of St. Louis. The stage was to be entirely 
of wood, of temporary construction and to be in 
height from 3 feet above the water front to 5 feet 
above the water on tlie rear line. The stage was 520 
feet across its longest dimension, and 200 feet deep, 
supported on piling driven in the bottom of the lake 
and having a penetration of from 10 to 14 feet. 

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In the driving of these piles a somewhat unusual 
method was pursued, which, on account of its light- 
ness and portability of equipment, gave a low cost 
and resulted in a saving of approximately $800.00 
under the engineer's estimate for this work. 

The actual driving of piling was started on Feb. 
15th, 1914, and continued until April 19th. Through- 
out the entire construction of the work, progress- 
charts were kept, showing just what headway was 
being made and at what time the different items 
should be completed. This enabled the Superintend- 
ent to inform the Executive Committee of the exact 
time when they might expect to be in possession of 
different parts of the stage for different rehearsals. 
In nearly every case parts were completed on or be- 
fore the schedule date. 

On account of the many engineering problems 
appearing in the construction of this work, we found 
that the work of construction attracted the attention 
of engineers and of editors of technical journals. 
These men came to St. Louis from eastern cities, 
studied the work carefully and wrote articles for 
their journals, which aided to advertise the work of 
the Pageant. 

Mr. Louis LaBeaume, who had been made chair- 
man of the Architectural Committee, took active 
charge of the work of decorating the stage, and on 
the opening day the results his work were well in 
evidence with the richness of the color and the care- 
ful placing of the various architectural features in 
connection with the stage. The stage was entirely 
ready for the Pageant about one week before the 
opening date. 

In addition to the work of building the stage, it 
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tents for the dressing rooms, to inspect the work un- 
der contract, to build the bridges over which the im- 
mense traffic would be carried, lay out paths and the 
automobile parking-spaces, and to police the grounds 
set aside for the use of those who participated in 
the production. In this connection it might be well 
to mention that there was not a single arrest made, 
and there w^ere no serious accidents reported on any 
of this work. 

After the Pageant was over it became the work of 
this committee to wreck the stage, dispose of the 
salvage and restore the park to its former condition. 
This, while not taking as long as the construction 
of the stage, was equally difficult. Care had to be 
used in the removal of the lumber so that it was not 
damaged, because it was all to be returned under 
contract and must be as good as new except for the 
nail holes. Pulling of piling was more difficult than 
the driving. These piles were driven through a 6- 
inch layer of macadam on the surface of the pool bot- 
tom and penetrated through a layer of very sticky 
hard clay. Under the terms of our ordinance these 
piles must all be removed. After considerable dif- 
ficulty a barge w^as built of sufficient size on which 
to mount a steam boiler and engine with a pile-pull- 
ing attachment. With the use of this engine a great 
pressure was obtained upon the piles and they were 
slowly pulled out and floated to the shore. 

In conclusion this committee is deeply grateful to 
Luther Ely Smith, Secretary of the Pageant-Drama 
Association, for his co-operation at times when we 
were in the greatest need of assistance, to the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, and to the merchants and deal- 
ers in building material, for their ready response to 
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ing the Construction Division of the Park Depart- 
ment to do this work and for their co-operation in 
carrying it ont, and to the loyalty of the Park De- 
partment men in rising to the many emergencies that 
were met with in carrying out a work of this calibre, 

NELSON CUNLIFF. 



COMMITTEE ON SCENERY AND STAGE 
ACCESSORIES. 

Louis La Beaume, Chairman. 

My committee undertook to provide the scenery 
and larger properties desired by the Directors, 
Messrs. Stevens and Smith. We first under- 
took the design of the two p^^lons at either end of 
the stage, which served as points of vantage for the 
stage directors and light operators. From photo- 
graphs of ancient Mayan ruins furnished by Mr. Jo- 
seph Lindon Smith, we made drawings of these 
pylons, and engaged Mr. R. P. Bringhurst to furnish 
a plaster model of the ornament. This model was 
followed by the Eastman Plastic Relief Company in 
casting the actual plaster slabs which were applied 
to the framework erected by Mr. Cunliff. The exe- 
cution of these details, both by Mr. Bringhurst and 
the Eastman company, was most satisfactory, the 
effect being still further enhanced by painting in 
vivid, simple colors under the direc'tion of Mr. Jo- 
seph Lindon Smith. 

Our Committee next undertook the covering of the 
back drop or sounding board, again using data and 
photographs furnished by Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith. 
This back drop, representing an ancient ruined wall 

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flanked by two Mayan temples overgrown with moss 
and vines, was painted by Toomey and Volland, of 
this city, and its effect was most favorably com- 
mented on by all. These features were primarily de- 
signed for the Masque, and Mr, Stevens requested 
that they be screened during the progress of the 
Pageant. We therefore constructed curtains of fish 
net twined with fresh leaves and branches to cover 
the back drop, and canvas curtains painted to simu- 
late tall trees, to cover the Pylons. 

A number of mounds varied in size were desired 
in both the Pageant and Masque scenes. These were 
constructed of light lumber and covered with painted 
canvass. The largest of these mounds, measuring 
20 by 40 feet at the base, was built on rollers so that 
its position could be changed for the Masque. The 
characters in the Masque, as devised by Mr. Mac- 
Kaye, included three huge manikins, as well as the 
electrical device representing Wasapedon, the Great 
Bear. The latter was successfully designed by 
Messrs. Cunliff and Jacobs. The three large figures 
were designed by our local sculptors. 

Two of these — the elements of Pleat and Cold — 
were placed on the highest platform of the Pylons, 
and raised into position by means of pulleys at the 
proper cue. The models were made by Messrs. R. P. 
Bringhurst and Victor Holm; that of Noohai (Cold) 
by Mr. Bringhurst; that of Hiloha (Heat) by Mr. 
Holm. These figures were then enlarged to colossal 
size in papier maehe with the greatest skill, by Mr. 
W. D. Thomas. 

The third and central figure represented Cahokia 
and was constructed similarly by Miss Nancy Coons- 
man with the assistance of Miss Adele Schulenberg. 
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they could be moved when action was necessitated by 
the dialogue. 

In addition to the items already mentioned, this 
committee also provided the small temple at the 
top of the mound around which the main action in- 
volving St. Louis took place. There were also sev- 
eral small pieces here and there, but these were not 
of great importance. The boats, both in Pageant and 
Masque, were provided by the Properties Commit- 
tee. 

The various scenic items, in addition to the above, 
which were used in the Pageant, were all constructed 
and painted by the St. Louis Float & Scenic Com- 
pany. These consisted of clumps and groups of trees 
arranged about the stage and hinged so that upon 
their unfolding, they revealed buildings notable in 
the early history of the city, and necessary in the de- 
velopment of the drama. They consisted of the Old 
Fort and Stockades; the Eobidoux House, the La- 
clede House, Grovernment House, the First Church, 
the Town Gates, the Market House, Court House, 
and Missouri Hotel, as well as several street sections. 
These pieces, despite their great size, were so con- 
structed as to be easily handled, and were well braced 
against the pressure of the wind. They were quickly 
struck during the brief intermission between Pa- 
geant and Masque, proving that a problem which 
seemed to all of us most difficult at first, was in fact 
ver^^ easy of solution. Your committee also con- 
structed wdngs and flies to screen the entrance and 
exits and help to merge the whole scene into the 
natural surroundings. It is a pleasure to record 
the hearty co-operation of Mr. Nelson Cunliff and 
Mr. A. I. Jacobs, in all these items. I mention these 
names especially, because of their close association 

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with tlie work, but my pleasantest recollection of the 
entire undertaking is of the harmony and disinter- 
ested zeal of all who bore any share in the enterprise. 

LOUIS LA BEAUME. 



COMMITTEE ON STAGE MANAGEMENT. 

Percival Chubb, Chairman. 

The work of the Stage Management Committee 
was necessarily late in developing. The committee 
had to hold itself in readiness until the Pageant Mas- 
ters were prepared to submit their plans. This they 
did not do until within a few weeks of the date set 
for the performance. 

Meanwhile, however, the committee was asked to 
put its hand to one enterprise which served to try out 
its resources. In its charge was placed the execution 
of the plans for the Municipal Christmas and New 
Year Celebrations, held (for the first time in the his- 
tory of the city) in the downtown district, for the 
benefit of workers in the business section so as to 
catch them on their way home. A giant Christmas 
tree was, through the generosity of a public-spirited 
citizen, presented for the purpose. It was lighted by 
innumerable colored lights, topped by a star, through 
the courtesy of the Union Electric Light and Power 
Company. A large stage was erected around the 
tree, loaned by the Coliseum Company, and the 
United Railways Company assisted in making the 
large gathering possible by diverting the street-car 
traffic which traversed Twelfth Street. The services 
of various city departments, and especially the Police 
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celebration passed off without disturbance or acci- 
dent. 

As soon as the Pageant Masters were ready with 
their plans and a model of the stage was available, 
the committee met for the purpose of learning the 
general lines along which the performance would 
be conducted. In advance of actual rehearsals the 
plans had to be somewhat tentative. Here we shall 
record only the final solutions. The Pageant and 
Masque were divided into so many units, indicated by 
letters of the alphabet. Within each unit the various 
groups were distinguished. A large wall-diagram 
was prepared, showing graphically the relations of 
these, and the general structural plan of Pageant and 
Masque. 

The next important step to be taken, in order that 
the units and groups might function effectively, was 
the selection of group leaders, and the supervision 
and leadership of each unit with its constituent 
groups. Leaders were chosen and convened in a 
large meeting at which they received general instruc- 
tions. In practice, however, it was found desirable 
to alter the choice in the light of actual experience ; 
and the group leaders were finally determined upon 
at rehearsals by the Pageant Masters and their as- 
sistants. 

The arrangement of the rehearsals was in the 
hands of the Cast Committee, with which the Stage 
Management Committee had to keep in constant 
touch. As the rehearsals proceeded, it became ob- 
vious that the Pageant Masters would have to call 
in expert help ; and this enlargement of the training 
staff again led to a modification of the earlier plans. 
Into their hands passed the organizing and handling 
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relations and sequences between the groups through 
their leaders. 

Three weeks before the date of the performance it 
w^as found necessary to schedule the rehearsals on 
the stage, which were now held daily — afternoons 
and evenings. The Stage Management Committee 
w^as called upon to keep tally of the performers as 
they presented themselves. Eventually, each per- 
former was identified by a tag, on which his unit and 
his group were specified. Standards were placed on 
the stage as rallying points for the groups. Absen- 
tees were reported to the Cast Committee, which took 
steps to insure future attendance. 

To facilitate the handling of the groups and the 
instruction of their leaders in stage business, prompt 
books were prepared, and, later, plots for the readier 
guidance of those charged with direction. Members 
of the committee followed the rehearsals closely and 
made themselves familiar with all the machinery of 
the stage. 

As the plans finally emerged, the organization for 
stage management assumed this form : Supreme in 
charge was the Pageant Master, located in the left 
tower, supported by his chief assistant in the right 
tower. Each of these in turn had a supporting right- 
hand man. Next came two wingmen — those experts 
who had assisted at the rehearsals. These handled 
the groups held in readiness in the wings. Serving 
these two wingmen, to ensure the readiness of the 
units and groups, were a body of lieutenants — one or 
more in charge of each unit, under a captain with his 
aide. . The captain on the right wing was the Chair- 
man of the Stage Management Committee, and, on 
the left, his chief collaborator. The lieutenants had 
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charge, bringing them up and getting them into their 
various positions,, and advancing them from the first 
to the second and then to the first ^ving, where they 
passed into the hands of the wingmen. 

In addition to these functionaries, a squad of Boy 
Scouts was available as messengers and for emer- 
gency duty. 

It was at first intended to exhibit from the tower 
three signal letters to indicate respectively (a) the 
unit in action on the stage, (b) the unit to be in readi- 
ness in the first wing, and (c) the unit to be in posi- 
tion in the second wing. But these tower signs were 
found to be unnecessary. It may be added that the 
various groups of swimmers and the groups on the 
flotillas which used the water, were in charge of their 
separate lieutenants, who kept in touch with the 
tower by telephone and messengers. 

There was, of course, a clear plan of collaboration 
between the Stage Committee and the Committees on 
Cast, Costumes and Properties, as also with the 
professional property-men and stage hands em- 
ployed for the work of scene-shifting and the hand- 
ling of the larger properties. Furthermore, there 
had to be the closest touch between the stage man- 
agers of all grades and the group leaders. Every- 
one had to be well instructed as to the plans, and had 
to see to it that good order was at all times main- 
tained. It required constant effort (at the first two 
performances, at least) to keep the stage clear of the 
scores of people who resorted to any shift to get a 
\dew of what was going on. The maintenance of 
quiet among several thousands of people — including 
a great many children and young people — was also 
no easy task. In this, as in the guarding of barriers, 
entrances and exits, the services of constables and 
watchmen were utilized. 

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Among the adjustments which had to be provided 
for were those necessitated by the desire of most of 
the actors to take one night off for the purpose of 
seeing the performance from Art Hill. Some of 
them pro\dded substitutes, either from outside, or 
by getting actors in other scenes to fill the gap. But 
all difficulties were overcome. There was an aston- 
ishing readiness to make the best of things. Indeed, 
an extraordinary enthusiasm was developed for the 
success of the presentation, an admirable and inspir- 
ing team-spirit, animated by an overmastering de- 
sire to score a splendid success for the big show. 
There were, of course, mistakes to be rectified, hard- 
ships to be endured, disappointments to be faced; 
but all these were overcome. A more faithful body 
of workers before and behind the scenes, a more 
devoted and conquering spirit of co-operation, can- 
not be imagined. PERCIVAL CHUBB. 



COMMITTEE ON LIGHTING. 

Abthue I. Jacobs, Chairman. 

On account of the huge size of the stage and am- 
phitheater and also on account of the temporary na- 
ture of the work and the necessity of keeping down 
expenses, the illumination for the Pageant and 
Masque presented difficulties which required much 
preliminary study and experimental work before the 
final installation of the electrical equipment. 

Although the wiring installation was temporary, 
great care was exercised to make it as safe as pos- 
sible, as it was realized that a fire from defective 
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result of this care, no defects, even of a minor nature, 
developed. 

It was deemed advisable not to undertake the act- 
ual construction ourselves, but to let this to a con- 
tractor upon a reasonable basis, since the available 
time of the committee was already overcrowded. 

The entire cost of illumination, including road and 
tent lighting and wages of search and spot light 
operators, was $8,429.48, as broadly itemized at the 
end of this report. 

The committee desires to express its indebtedness 
to Mr. Ealf Toensfeldt, the writer's assistant in the 
City Lighting Department, for his work in perfect- 
ing the electrical details and his assistance in direct- 
ing the illuminating operations on the stage during 
rehearsals and performances. 

The details of the illumination are treated below : 

Amphitheater. — This area embraced about 300,000 
square feet or about 7.6 acres, having a length of 
1,100 feet at the top, 530 feet at the bottom and a 
depth of about 440 feet. The main objects sought in 
illuminating this large area were fair uniformity of 
illumination, absence of glare in the eyes of the au- 
dience and the minimum of obstructions in the shape 
of lamp standards or wires. These objects were at- 
tained by the use of four 24-inch searchlights placed 
on the roof of the Art Museum and spaced approxi- 
mately 110 feet apart. They were the highest type 
of searchlight made, having Mangin mirrors and 
equipped with diverging doors. These doors were 
made of a series of linear plano-convex lenses, set 
vertically in front of the case. Their purpose was to 
spread the light uniformly in a horizontal direction 
while leaving their vertical direction unchanged. The 
angle of diversion and the spacing of lights was such 

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that the rays from adjacent lights overlapped, mak- 
ing the illumination more uniform and providing 
against the possibility of total darkness at any point 
on account of the failure of any one of the projectors. 
Energy for these lights was taken from a single 
phase 2300-volt underground line serving the Art 
Museum, from the Union Electric Light & Power 
Company's main on Skinker Eoad. A 25 kilowatt 
motor-generator set with a 220-volt alternating cur- 
rent single phase Wagner motor and a 115-volt direct 
current generator was installed in the basement for 
obtaining the direct current needed for this purpose. 

Stage. — The immense size of the stage and the ab- 
sence of any overhead structure from which to sup- 
port top lights made the matter of proper illumina- 
tion of the stage a vexing problem. Any overhead 
system of suspension-wires fastened to the towers 
and the back-drop would, in order to bring the lamps 
where they were needed, be not only more or less 
complicated but would be unsightly, and with the 
lamps and fixtures and the shields in front of the 
lamps would interfere with the view of the stage 
from the higher portions of the amphitheater. 

The plan, as finally adopted, consisted of a special 
design of footlights and wing-lights, of 18-inch 
searchlights and of standard theater spot-lights. 
The footlight reflections were different from the 
ordinary theater footlights, both in design and appli- 
cation. It was imperative that all the light be thrown 
directly across the stage, as on account of the ab- 
sence of any overhead drops to reflect the light back 
on the stage and the great distance of the back-drop 
from the front of the stage, any light thrown up- 
ward beyond a small angle would be totally lost. 
Several short sections of different-shaped reflectors 

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were made and many photometric observations of 
each were taken to determine their distribntion-of- 
light characteristics. By this means a very efficient 
design of reflector was developed. The reflectors 
were of polished tin, held in wooden frames 28 inches 
apart. They were set entirely above the stage, but 
on account of the rise of the stage from front to rear, 
and the fact that the lowest seat in the amphitheater 
was several feet above the stage, they offered little 
obstruction, considerably less so, in fact, than the 
front of the stage in the. majority of theaters offers 
to spectators in the front rows. The lamps were 250 
watt, 275 in number, placed 14 inches apart with the 
filaments parallel to the reflector-surface. These 
lamps were in three colors, clear, amber and red, 
each color on a separate 3-wire circuit and each 
connected to dimmers. The clear lamps were di- 
vided into two circuits, the lamps on each half of 
the stage being independently controlled. 

Wing-lights, each consisting of a 15-foot polished 
tin reflector of same design as the footlights and 
equipped with 250-watt all clear lamps, were placed 
back of each mng. One 18-inch searchlight was 
placed on a platform back of each of the pylons, 30 
feet above the stage, and one of the same size on a 
10-foot platform back of the first wing on each side 
of the stage. These illuminated the area not ade- 
quately taken care of by the footlights, provided 
the light from above necessary for proper illumina- 
tion, and in addition tended to soften the shadows 
from the footlights. They were equipped with di- 
verging doors and color-screens. 

For picking out principal characters, six 6-inch 
standard theater spot-lights with color-wheels were 
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The background was illuminated from the top of 
the orchestra and chorus-screen by fifteen 250-watt 
lamps in same type of reflector used around the la- 
goon and to be described later. Only a dim illumina- 
tion was required for this purpose. 

Lighting for the orchestra and chorus was by 60- 
watt lamps in conical metal reflectors, strung be- 
tween the screen and background. There were 5U 
lamps above the chorus, averaging 6-tenths watt per 
square foot and 28 above the orchestra, averaging 
one watt per square foot. 

Many receptacles were installed on the stage for 
special lighting purposes. There were several spe- 
cial electrical effects, among which may be men- 
tioned the constellation of the Great Bear, 40 feet 
high, shomng the outline of the Great Bear by about 
200 4-candlepower carbon lamps and the indicating 
stars of the ^^Big Dipper" by seven 60-watt Tung- 
stens, set in cupped reflectors to give the effect of 
radiating rays of light. The stars were made to 
flicker by means of a flasher run at high speed. 

The switchboard, described later, from which all 
stage and lagoon illumination was controlled, was 
placed in the base of the east pylon. In this pylon 
was also stationed the director of illumination, who 
was in communication by telephone with all search- 
light and spot-light operators on the stage, around 
the lagoon and at the top of the Art Museum. 

Lagoon. — This stretch of water measured about 
950 feet in length, 500 feet of which was illuminated 
b}^ 133 250-watt Tungsten lamps spaced two feet 
apart at the center and five feet apart at the ends. 
The water craft came out of darkness, becoming 
better and better lighted until the^^ reached the land- 
ing, where the illumination was the most intense. 

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The effect was heightened by the use of dimmers , 
by which the lamps were brought gradually from 
darkness to full brilliancy and vice versa. The 
lamps were placed in white enameled-steel reflectors 
mounted along a timber frame built against the steep 
bank of the lagoon about three feet above the water, 
and out of sight of the audience. The reflectors were 
of the angle type, manufactured for illuminated 
sign work, but their distribution was such that by 
turning them upside do^^^l, they were peculiarly 
adapted to our purpose. Because of the novelty of 
their application and the resultant advertising value, 
the manufacturers rented these reflectors to us at 
the cost of packing and shipping only. Supplement- 
ing the 250-watt lamps there were two 18-inch 
searchlights on the south shore. These lights were 
set in pits, the roof of which was flush with the 
ground surface and unseen by the audience. Like 
the lights on the roof of the Art Museum, they 
were equipped with diverging doors. The doors 
were, however, removable, and when required by the 
action of the Masque, the searchlights were used 
without them for thro^^T.ng an intense spot of light 
on some of the principal characters. 

Energy for both the searchlights and the Tung- 
sten lamps was brought across the water in separate 
lead-covered cables from the switchboard on the 
stage. 

Sivitcliboard and Wiring. — Energy for the lagoon 
and all stage lighting was supplied through a 255 
kilowatt transformer and motor-generator sub-sta- 
tion at the northeast corner of the stage, by a three- 
phase four-mre 2300-4000 volt line run on tempo- 
rary poles from the Union Electric Light & Power 
Company's line at DeEaliviere and Lindell avenues. 

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Secondary alternating current distribution for in- 
candescent lamps was made by three separate single- 
phase three-wire 115-230 volt lines to the switch- 
board. The searchlights and spotlights required 
direct current for proper operation, and for this pur- 
pose a motor-generator set, consisting of a 75 horse- 
power three-phase 220-volt "Wagner motor belted to 
a 115-volt 55-kilowatt generator was installed. 

Extra transformers were provided, in case of a 
breakdown, with leads connected and terminals sol- 
dered, so that it would have been a matter of a few 
minutes only to cut out a defective transformer and 
connect in a good one. 

The switchboard was located in the east pylon, ab 
stated above. It was in two sections : the upper sec- 
tion for direct-current control and the lower for 
alternating-current control. Each of the three main 
single-phase circuits controlled a separate color. 
There were sixty-one circuit switches placed on the 
board in the same relative position as the arcs and 
lamp groups Avhich they controlled were placed on 
the stage. With the exception of the three main 
SAvitches on the alternating-current lines, all alternat- 
ing-current switches were double-pole, the neutral be- 
ing carried through solid. 

There were two sets of busses for each main alter- 
nating current circuit, a dimmer bus and a straight- 
through bus. There were four sets of dimmers, one 
set to each of three main alternating-current circuits 
and a separate one for the shore circuit, inserted 
betAveen the main switches and the dimmer busses. 
The straight-through busses were connected directly 
to the main switches. Every branch circuit which 
required dimming was connected to a double-pole 
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controlled a separate color, any color conlcl be 
dimmed separately, or any two or all three could be 
dimmed simultaneously or in any order desired. By 
means of the switches on the straight-through 
busses, any or all branch circuits could be thrown in 
directly across the line, while other circuits of the 
same color were being dimmed. In fact, all combi- 
nations, except different degrees of dimming of two 
circuits of a single color at the same time, could be 
obtained. The latter combination was not required. 
Ordinary theater dimmers, on account of the im- 
mense cost entailed for the large capacities required, 
were out of the question and water rheostats were 
used instead. 

For the proper co-ordination of all the activities of 
such an enormous production, an extensive telephone 
system was installed. All arc-light operators were 
equipped with head phones. The four searchlight 
operators on the roof of the Art Museum were on 
one circuit, and the twelve or more operators on the 
stage were on two other circuits. By grouping the 
two transmitters on the stage-circuits close together, 
orders to any two or more operators could be given 
at the same time, and be heard by all. This facili- 
tated the giving of orders and cues. In addition, a 
20-line board was installed in the base of the east 
pylon adjoining the lighting switch-board, with tele- 
phones in the wings and tents and distributed at 
vantage points on the grounds. 

There was also a telephone set in the audience 
from which an assistant stage-director could com- 
municate with the stage. The entire telephone 
equipment was loaned and installed by the Fire and 
Police Telegraph Department of St. Louis. Mr. Geo. 

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McD. Johns, its superintendent, was a member of the 
Lighting and Wiring Committee. 

Grounds. — Several miles of park roads were 
lighted. In some cases the lamps were doubled on 
roads which were already lighted; in other cases 
roads and paths Avere lighted which were normally 
dark. The lamps for this purpose were the standard 
gasoline street lamps of the Welsbach Company, 
such as are used in the streets and parks of St. Louis 
where gas is not available. Two hundred and fifty- 
four of these single-mantle lamps were installed. 

For the lighting of tents, ticket booths, auto-park- 
ing spaces and heavy-traveled road-intersections, 
126 portable high-pressure gasoline lamps, using 
from one to eight mantles, were employed. Some of 
the high pressure lamps were used on the stage for 
rehearsals, before the electrical equipment was com- 
pleted. 

Expenses. — The expenses of the committee were 
as follows: 

Electrical Material and Installation — 

Purchased by committee $2,947.67 

By contract with Wm. A. Carrao Elec. Co.. 3,147.79 

$6,095.46 

Time keeper 134.00 

Spotlight and Searchlight operators (Rehears- 
als and Performances) 386.55 

Ground and Building Lighting (Gasoline) — 

Windhorst Co , $1,475.50 

Welsbach Co 404.75 

1,880.25 

Feeder Line, transformers, etc. (Union E. Co.) 425.00 

Electric Current (Union Electric Co.) 151.94 

$9,073.20 
Deduct for amount received for salvage 643.72 



$8,429.48 

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COSTUME COMMITTEE. 

Mrs,. Frederick R. Von Windegger, Chairman. 

The word ^'costumes" brings to mind material 
things, yet more, much more. It is a necessary ac- 
cessory to annihilate time and transport the imagi- 
nation to the realms of fancy, or to the land where the 
poet or historian tells his story. Our particular 
work was to see the vision and bring it to a tangible 
form, so that all could enjoy the picture ! 

The task of getting ready the many costumes 
proved a delight, and when spirits and bodies grew 
weary, two dominant figures came with untiring 
energy and encouragement, — Mr. Thomas Wood 
Stevens and Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith. Again the 
vision stood before us and the work progressed. "We 
were back in 1530 where Indians occupied the Mound 
City that was to be. Very scant clothing was worn 
and the materials were made by hand on looms. 
Coarse fibre and bits of fur were woven and inter- 
woven, whether for warm or cold weather. Designs 
for ornamentation were few straight lines, angles 
(no curves) and for coloring, the clays and berry 
stains were used. As civilization moved westward, 
materials, designs and colorings multiplied. The 
color scheme played an important part in our plans. 

In the Pageant there was one climax. The Span- 
ish atmosphere was emphasized by a predominance 
of red and yellow, and there was an anti-climax in 
the French period, blue and white being conspicu- 
ously used. 

In the Masque, there was a riot of color until the 
** Interlude'' — there only pastel shades were seen. 

In every detail historical accuracy was faithfully 
observed. 

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We divided our consideration of costumes under 
three heads: Historical accuracy, coloring and ef- 
fects from a distance of three hundred feet.-^ 

The $15,000 allowed for costumes at first seemed 
inadequate, but every effort was made to conserve 
expenditure. So successfully was this accom- 
plished, through the aid of six hundred volunteers 
(from all over the city), that it was possible to 
finance the entire wardrobe work out of this sum, 
and still have a balance of $3,000.00 to the credit of 
costumes. 

In this connection we wish to express the deepest 
appreciation to Mr. T. S. Payne, of Simmons Hard- 
ware Company, who undertook our buying. His 
courtesy, patience and knowledge of prices made 
our work possible and we cannot thank him enough 
for his cheerful and efficient help. 

Being a civic affair, we made every effort to pat- 
ronize home industries and the following is an in- 
teresting resume of how the work was followed up 
under four heads : 



Costumes 



1st. Made in 
Pageant work 
shop, Kinloch 
Building 



No. of Cost 



2,400 $ 1,500.00 



2nd. Furnished 
by Actors 



Pageant 



Pioneers.. 
Civil War 
Lafayette, 
Battery A 



700 
750 
25 
75 



Masque World Adventurers 300 



Famous-Barr. 
Fueger 



3rd. Rented 

4th. Purchased Fueger 

Damaged, Lost ] 



2,396 
391 



50 



Famous-Barr 
Fueger 



Wardrobe 



f Nu 
J Tei 



mber cared for in tents 



$ 5,990.00 
977.50 

50.00 

374.00 
132.00 



7,087 
6.050 



Tents and hauling 

Attendants 

Make-up 



$ 9.023.50 



2.940.00 



$11,963.50 



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The wardrobe was not in the original program, 
but at the last, for lack of a committee, we under- 
took this work also. 

The Executive Treasurer Mr. B. J. Taussig, has 
our complete report in the minutest detail, so it is 
only necessary to give here a synopsis. 

After the Pageant was over, we learned of many 
taking part who never reported to any of the ward- 
robe tents, so we surmise that in consideration of 
one-fourth of the actors having permission and 
tickets to attend one performance, fully seventy-five 
hundred costumes were worn in the presentation 
of the Pageant and Masque. 

The whole city seemed alive to this great civic 
effort and responded nobly to our cry for helpers, 
many coming a day each week during the months of 
preparation. 

We can justly feel proud of our work. It was 
finished on time, and the actual time consumed was 
three months and eleven days; whereas, we learn 
that in a sister city, where about half as many cos- 
tumes were used, fourteen months were given over 
to the making of costumes. 

May I here publicly acknowledge my deep grati- 
tude to the members of the Executive Board and the 
following persons, without whose ability and stead- 
fast work there could have been no costumes nor 
wardrobe : Miss Mildred Prince, who designed the 
Mound Builders, and Indian costumes in the Pa- 
geant; Miss Florence Wilkerson, who executed the 
designs of Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith in the Masque, 
assisted by the following : Miss Frances Bryan, Mrs. 
W. B. Douglas, Mrs. N. Schoenle, Miss Elizabeth 
Stuyvesant and six hundred volunteers from five to 
ninety years of age, whose names were printed in 

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tlie program at the time of the presentation of the 
Pageant and Masque ; the Costume Committee, who 
were faithful in attending all necessary business 
meetings, conscientious in doing their full share of 
the work, and ably assisting in the necessary ma- 
chinery of such a gigantic undertaking. Above all, 
I wish to thank Mr. Horace M. Swope, vice-chairman 
of costumes, for his stupendous work, modesty and 
unusual efficiency, bringing all his gifts with rare 
generosity to the service of his city. His business 
ability, coupled with his tireless energy, made him a 
dominant figure in the group of those who consum- 
mated this great masterpiece. 

[A supplementary report on the Costume Com- 
petition follows] : 

The Executive Board, having decided to invite 
competition for designs for costumes, had circular 
and rules mailed to all art schools in the United 
States. Gratifying results greeted the committee. 
By the law of elimination we arrived at a satisfying 
goal. 

All the designs were numbered. The secretary, 
Mr. Horace M. Swope, alone knew the names, and of 
course he did not vote. 

To those who did not know of the result at the 
time, it will be well to repeat here that two out of 
six prizes were awarded to St. Louisans. 

The following is a complete list of awards : 
First Prize for a Group. 

Mr. H. Winthrop Pierce, 36 Morton Street, And- 
over, Mass. Subject: Third Episode, the De- 
Soto Expedition. 

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First Prize for a Single Design. 
Miss Euth Kate Felker, 6949 Mitchell Avenue, St. 
Louis, Mo. Subject : A Mound Builder Priest. 

Second Prise for a Single Design. 
Miss Emily Soule, 42 Flower City Park, Eochester, 
N. Y. Subject: A Woman Villager of the 
French Eevolution Group. 

Third Prize. 
Michael H. Lipman, 214 Fidelity Bldg., St. Louis, 
Mo. Subject: Male Villager of the French 
Eevolution Group. 

Third Prize. 
Miss Anna Belle AVilson, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 
N. Y. Subject: A Spanish Slave of the Gov- 
ernor St. Ange de Bellerive Period. 

Third Prize. 
S. 0. H. Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, 37 
Witherall Street, Detroit, Mich. Subject: 
Mound Builder Medicine Man. 

MAEIE P. VON WINDEGGEE. 



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PROPEKTIES COMMITTEE. 

Charles P. Pettus, Chairman. 

The work of the Properties Committee took defi- 
nite shape following its first meeting on Febrnary 
25th, 1914, at which Mr. Paul Blackwelder, Assistant 
Librarian of the Public Library, was chosen vice- 
chairman and Mr. Christy M. Farrar, secretary. Mr. 
Thomas Wood Stevens and Mr. Joseph Lindon 
Smith had prepared for the committee preliminary 
property plots for the Pageant and Masque, and it 
was only on going over these lists of properties that 
would be needed that we appreciated the magnitude 
of the undertaking and the difficulties ahead of us. 

The best and most systematic method of procur- 
ing such a variety of material seemed to be to ap- 
point a number of sub-committees and assign to each 
the articles for which they would be held respon- 
sible. Shortly after the organization of our commit- 
tee, room was assigned us for our work on the sec- 
ond floor of the Kinloch Building, where the Cos- 
tume Committee was already installed. The location 
of the building was a most fortunate one, as it was 
convenient for all members of the committee and 
within a block of the executive office of the Pageant 
in the Century Building. The space allotted us was 
admirably adapted for our use, as it was well lighted 
and heated and a telephone was pro^dded for our 
committee. 

Authority was given the committee to employ a 
secretary, and we were fortunate in securing the 
services of Miss Katherine G. Garetson, a graduate 
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time and energies to the work. To her untiring 
efforts and ability to work out many of the perplex- 
ing problems that came up from day to day, much of 
the final success was due. We also employed a car- 
penter at once, who had formerly been employed by 
a dramatic company, and who shoAved great in- 
genuity in making many of the properties at a small 
cost. To these were added rapidly two artists, to 
take charge of the designing, and three boys. 

Mrs. E. W. Pattison, chairman of the sub-commit- 
tee in charge of flags and banners, devoted prac- 
tically her entire time to the work until the per- 
formances began. The effectiveness of this portion 
of the properties is due entirely to her. Mrs. R. L. 
Sanford, in charge of the designing of the remain- 
ing properties at the Kinloch Building, brought to 
the work an energy and resourcefulness which were 
of inestimable value to the committee. At head- 
quarters the committee's organization was able to 
make such things as the Indian basket, the elabo- 
rate head-piece of the dead chief and the baggage of 
all the different groups. The last-named comprised 
a considerable variety, from the simple packs of the 
Indians to the highly colored boxes of the Spaniards 
and French. Mississippi's train was made here 
out of large spools, silvered and gilded, and the 
blankets of different colors were painted with ala- 
bastine, a useful material without which the Proper- 
ties and Costume Committees would have been at 
sea. Headquarters was also the center for a very 
large amount of negotiation ; first, with members of 
the committee having charge of work outside of the 
headquarters' room; second, with the general pur- 
chasing agent of the Pageant and Masque; third, 
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donations of articles. Headquarters also arranged 
for a steady stream of volunteers, who, in many 
parts of the work relieved the paid employees of a 
considerable amount of routine. The paid secretary 
of the committee was constantly busy with the tele- 
phone and with her errand boys in gathering to- 
gether the many threads of the work. 

AVhile the committee was debating how it would be 
possible to supply some of the articles required in 
such large numbers without incurring an expendi- 
ture beyond the sum authorized for our work, the 
Manual Training School, the Manual Training De- 
partment of the Public Schools and the Mechanical 
Shops of Washington University came to our as- 
sistance and volunteered to make such articles as 
bows and arrows, tomahawks, spears, paddles, staffs, 
etc., the committee furnishing the material and the 
boys in their schools doing the work. This was a 
great help as well as a means of interesting a large 
number of boys in the Pageant. 

In addition to the articles that we were able to 
make at the Kinloch Building, or to have made for 
us by interested workers, many were hunted up and 
procured from unusual places. For example, a dug- 
out Avas needed for the LaSalle scene. By a piece of 
good fortune we were able to find a wonderful one 
fifty-seven feet long that came from the Philippine 
Exhibit at the World's Fair and that had been kept 
for ten years with other second-hand material at 
the Tamm Bros. Glue Co. 

An old-time carriage with C springs for the en- 
trance of General Lafayette proved a stumbling 
block for a long time. We searched the second-hand 
carriage stores and advertised in the neAvspapers, 
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US, but we could not get the desired effect with them. 
Space is too valuable now-a-days to preserve old ve- 
hicles that have no value but a sentimental one ; but 
finally we located just such a one as we wanted in a 
livery stable on Easton avenue. 

For ** prairie-schooners" for the emigrant scene 
we were able to borrow the wagons from four wagon 
manufacturers and then had to haul them to the 
grounds and buy canvas and hoops and put the tops 
on. The Park Department furnished us mth horses 
and drivers for them. 

In connection with this work, as well as in numer- 
ous other matters, Mr. AY. C. Breckenridge gave his 
time most enthusiastically and generously. He was 
at headquarters every day. 

Supplying the necessary boats and barges for 
both Pageant and Masque and transporting them to 
the lagoon in Forest Park Avas another difficult task. 
For the barge for the Piernas scene, the bateau for 
the Chouteau arrival and the keel-boat for the Lewis 
& Clark Expedition, the Missouri Naval Reserve 
very kindly lent us the use of a whale boat and a 
cutter, which were loaded on freight cars at BisselPs 
Point, brought by rail to Fors3i:he Junction and 
then hauled to the lake on trucks. 

For the building of the steamboat, the ^* General 
Pike," and the Mississippi Barge in the Masque, we 
made a contract with Capt. Grant C. Marsh, a boat- 
builder in Carondelet. He brought a number of 
barges from the Mississippi River by rail to the 
park and there built the necessary superstructure, 
according to a design furnished by Mr. Wm. S. Mitch- 
ell of the U. S. Engineer office, using painted canvas 
for the side of the boat, as the least expensive ma- 
terial, and paddle-w^heels that were turned by men 
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Canoes constituted one of the most trying prob- 
lems in the committee 's experience. After securing 
an estimate for their rental, the committee decided 
that it could save expense for the Pageant manage- 
ment by securing the free loan of canoes from mem- 
bers of the Boat Clubs on the Meramec River. This 
was finally accomplished after almost incredible dif- 
ficulties, but the expenses, due principally to trans- 
portation and damages, were probably as great as 
the full cost of rental would have been. A smaller 
difficulty was the problem of covering these canoes 
to make them look like birch bark and yet not injure 
the canoe. Bow and stern pieces were finally made 
of heavy straw-board shaped and painted to imitate 
birch bark, and the spaces of the canoes between 
these, so far as they showed above the water, were 
covered with thin brown canvas. 

For the guns needed in the various scenes of the 
Pageant and Masque, old Government Springfield 
rifles were secured in large numbers. In some of 
the scenes the guns had to be discharged, and it 
proved very difficult to give out the guns with the 
blank cartridges only to those actors who had to use 
them. Every man and boy wanted to shoot a gun. 

Two hundred pigeons were needed for the inter- 
lude of the Masque. The Homing Pigeon Clubs of 
St. Louis were asked to furnish them, but as their 
birds were too valuable to run the chance of loss, 
Ave had to buy them in the market. Fifty were liber- 
ated each night. The white ones produced the best 
effect. 

On the grounds a large tent near the right stage 
entrance was assigned to the properties. While not 
an ideal location, still it answered the purpose fairly 
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we could separate the properties of the various units 
of the Pageant and of the Masque; and a counter 
was put up, over which to deliver them to the actors. 
Space adjoining both the right and left stage en- 
trances was assigned for the larger properties used 
on the stage and for those that it seemed best not to 
remove to the tent. 

Mr. E. L. Sanford, a member of the committee 
who was thoroughly familiar with theatrical man- 
agement, took charge of the handling of the proper- 
ties and gave it his undivided attention for a whole 
week. The services of the Property Man of the 
Columbia Theater were secured and he was given 
several assistants. The proper placing of the prop- 
erties on the stage and their removal, which was of 
such importance to the success of the performances, 
was well attended to by these men. 

The members of the committee were on hand here, 
more than one of them giving almost continuous 
service throughout the performances. 

A few experiences of the committee w^ill be of 
value to others, who may take up similar work. As 
all of the properties were not used in the perform- 
ances, it may safely be said that too many articles 
were made. Too much time was also spent upon 
most of them, for the distance of the audience from 
the stage made crude articles fully as effective as 
those more carefully made. Many of the properties 
suffered in the same way because they were incon- 
spicuous. Each article should have been as large as 
possible and the ornamentation should have been 
more striking. If this work were to be done again it 
could probably, therefore, be accomplished in less 
time and at less expense, besides being more satis- 
factory. This is not saying that the properties did 

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not perform their share in making the Pageant suc- 
cessful. They served their purpose well, but like 

all the other results of this great undertaking, they 

suffered to some extent from the hurry and inexperi- 
ence of the workers. 
A list of the members of the committee, with the 

particular groups of properties to which they gave 

their attention follows, together with the names of 

the principal donors : 

Charles P. Pettus, Chairman. 

Paul Blackwelder, Vice- Chairman. 

Christy M. Farrar, Secretary. 

Eoger N. Baldwin, Canoes. 

D. Arthur BoA^mian, Pottery. 

AVm. C. Breckenridge, Wagons and every feature of 
the work. 

Miss Isabel Brown, Baskets. 

William A. Busch. 

Wm. M. Chauvenet, Work of Manual Training 
Schools. 

S. N. Clarkson, Electrical apparatus. 

Frank B. Coleman. 

Cliff E. Croninger, Electrical apparatus. 

F. E. A. Curley, Boats and Canoes. 

K. A. Kissack, Work of Public Manual Training 
Schools. 

A. A. Kocian, Pottery and numerous smaller prop- 
erties. 

Eev. John C. Kuhlman, Church Properties. 

Mrs. E. W. Pattison, Flags and Banners. 

Miss Minnie Potter. 

Miss Anna Potter. 

Carl G. Eathman, Assistant Superintendent of 
Schools. 

A. 0. Eule. 

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K. L. Sanford, Stage Management of Properties. 
Mrs. W. A. Scudder, Flowers. 

Prof. Holmes Smith, Documents and Manual Train- 
ing Work. 
Thomas H. Smith, Ceremonial Articles of Wood. 
Miss Antoinette Taylor, Baskets. 
John R. Towler, Boxes. 
Wilbur T. Trueblood, Indian Canoes. 
W. E. Vickroy, Ornamental Paddles for Barge. 
William Wedemeyer. 
Dr. H. M. Whelpley, Indian Implements. 

In addition to the members of the committee, spe- 
cial thanks are due to : 

Capt. G. F. Schwartz and Lieut. Brownlee Fisher 
of the Missouri Naval Reserve, for the use of two 
boats and the crew of the Naval Reserve that 
manned them. 

The Manual Training Department of the Board of 
Education, Manual Training School of Washington 
University and the shops of Washington University 
for bows, arrows, paddles, staffs, etc. 

Funsten Bros. & Co. for loan of furs and a bear 
trap. 

Cal Hirsch & Sons for loan of guns. 

Col. D. S. Stanley, U. S. A., for iron cannon. 

Board of Education for waste baskets. 

Veiled Prophet for trumpets and wings for men 
and horses. 

Dr. G. W. Loesch and Mr. Montgomery Schuyler 
for help on canoes. 

Mr. Wm. S. Mitchell for design of the *^ General 
Pike." 

Miss Ethel S. Bury and her pupils for work on 
baskets. 

Miss Cornelia A. Forbes for Indian shields. 

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Mr. John S. Payne of Simmons Hardware Co., 
Avlio acted as Purchasing Agent. 

Mr. D. C. Nicholson of the Department of Draw- 
ing and History of Art of Washington University, 
for painting various articles made at the shops of 
Washington University. 

Park Department for picks, sc^ihes and a flag. 

Bro"\^^l Shoe Co., hides. 

G. V. E. Mechin, Buffalo robe. 

H. & L. Chase Bag Co., bags. 

E. W. Gillespie, hoops for shields. 

Zittlosen Mfg. Co., umbrellas. 

Ger string Wagon Co. 

Luedinghaus Espenshied Wagon Co., Weber & 
Damme Wagon Co., Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co., 
wagons for emigrant train. 

CHAELES P. PETTUS. 



MUSIC COMMITTEE. 

Geoege D. Markham, Chairman. 

When the decision had been reached that the Pa- 
geant and Masque were to be given, the undersigned 
Avas called in and agreed that a large chorus and 
a brass band would be required. The general commit- 
tee had already determined, in consultation vdth Mr. 
MacKaye, to invite Mr. Frederick S. Converse, of 
Boston, to write the music for the Masque, not only 
because of Mr. Converse's qualifications for the 
task, but also because this music was to be an inte- 
gral part of the design of the Masque and would 
need, during composition, frequent conferences with 
Mr. MacKaye. Mr. Converse approved tlie concert 

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band, instead of an orchestra, and wrote interesting 
and beautiful music for it. After his arrival in Saint 
Louis, he rescored parts of his music to give still 
hea^der brass parts. The band consisted of the fol- 
lowing instruments. Piccolos; four Flutes; two 
Oboes ; two Bassoons ; two E-flat Clarinets ; twenty- 
two B-flat Clarinets (ten first, six second and six 
third) ; one Alto, one Tenor, one Soprano, one Bari- 
tone and one Contra Alto Saxophone (the last 
named the largest in the world) ; four First, two 
Seconds, two Third B-flat Cornets, and two Trum- 
pets; two First, two Second, two Third and two 
Fourth French Horns; two First and two Second 
Baritones; two First, two Second and two Third 
Trombones ; five Tubas (E-flat, Double B-flat and C), 
and two String Basses; Tympani, Drums, Chimes, 
Bells and Traps. 

Mr. Stevens wanted only background music for his 
Pageant, excepting the introduction and one episode 
called ' ' The March of the Generations. ' ' Therefore, 
no chorus was necessary. The great march was 
entrusted to Mr. Ernest 11= Kroeger, of Saint Louis, 
who produced a noble composition, unhappily scarce- 
ly heard by the audience because the tramping of 
the immense cast and the rolling of cart wheels on 
the wooden stage covered the tone of the band. 

The other music for the Pageant was composed 
by Noel Poepping, the conductor of the band. It 
consisted of eight musical numbers in all, including 
the prelude and the Souvenir Pageant March. The 
last-named was the only number of the Pageant 
which was published, and in it was incorporated the 
melody which was sung in St. Louis in 1780, just 
after the Indian massacre. This music was highly 
praised by Mr. Stevens and all who gave it critical 

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hearing. Mr. Poepping prepared the band and con- 
ducted it with great success. 

Frederick Fischer was asked to form and conduct 
a chorus. Assisted by some of the members of the 
Music Committee he enrolled an excellent chorus of 
244 sopranos, 200 altos, 100 tenors, and 110 basses. 
Fourteen full rehearsals were held and the tone 
quality and finish of the chorus singing was admir- 
able. The chorus enjoyed its work so much and 
developed such an esprit de corps during the hard 
service which it performed loyally, that it is to be 
preserved and will give concerts hereafter under the 
name of the Saint Louis Pageant Choral Society. 
This demonstrates the excellence of Mr. Fischer ^s 
work. Mrs. Fischer and Miss Mildred Fischer, the 
wife and daughter of the conductor, rendered im- 
portant service in the organization of the chorus. 

Some singing was done by groups outside of the 
main chorus. For example, Mr. Converse's score 
called for a boy choir of 100 voices. This was en- 
trusted to Mr. Arthur Davis, organist of Christ 
Church Cathedral (Episcopal), and he performed 
his part loyally and successfully. The score called 
for a men's chorus on a Mississippi barge, who would 
sing while they rowed, or rather paddled. This was 
undertaken by the Knights of Columbus Choral Club 
and admirably performed. 

In the Pageant Mr. Stevens had some singing of 
old-time songs by groups of the cast, but only inci- 
dental to the acting, and therefore not formally 
rendered. 

Owing to the necessity of massing the band and 
chorus at the back of the immense stage, the ef- 
fect of the music was lessened and the discomfort of 
chorus and band was increased. Many electric lights 

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screened by tin cones were needed to light the sing- 
ers ' scores and the band desks. Everything helped 
to raise the temperature behind the screens which 
were necessary to cut off the view of the audience, 
but which also cut off ventilation and prevented the 
chorus from seeing the performance, while also 
smothering the music. That the chorus singers, in 
most cases, held to their duty to the end was one of 
the best evidences of the Pageant spirit. 

The music was too good to pass away after the 
unsatisfactory hearing given it. We hope it may 
be repeated where it can be appreciated. The Pa- 
geant and Masque performance demonstrates that 
special arrangements of position and sounding board 
must be made should music be again attempted in 
the open air before so great an audience. 

GEORGE D. MARKHAM. 



TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 

G. J. Tansey, Chairman. 

After several meetings of the committee were held 
the chairman appointed sub-committees as follows: 
Automobiles and Police, E. M. Flesh, Chairman; 
Steam Railroads, Alexander Hilton, Chairman ; and 
Street Railroads, Richard McCuUoch, Chairman. 

The special committee on automobiles spent sev- 
eral weeks investigating the various roads in the 
park leading to the Pageant grounds and finally, 
under Mr. Flesh's personal supervision, a one-way 
traffic scheme was developed by means of which all 
automobiles entering the park from whatsoever di- 
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marked, all converging on the main driveway at the 
base of the hill to the east of the Pageant grounds. 
Parking stations for the automobiles were arranged 
by sections, designated either numerically or by let- 
ters of the alphabet, on the various roads to the 
east of the ground; and with the most efficient aid 
of the police, the thousands of automobiles that 
visited the grounds each night were handled mthout 
confusion, to the entire satisfaction of the o^^mers 
and the public generally, and without a single acci- 
dent. 

Large signs to the number of several hundred 
bearing the words ' * Pageant grounds, vehicle road, ' ' 
with arrows pointing in the proper direction, were 
placed on either side of the roads in the park lead- 
ing to the grounds by the Automobile Club of St. 
Louis free of cost to the association. 

Leaflet diagrams with explanation of the one-way 
traffic scheme, were prepared and distributed lib- 
erally to all vehicle o^^mers. 

Lindell Drive and all the entrances to the park by 
Skinker Eoad were blocked by the Park Department 
so that those visiting the grounds by street railway 
were at no time compelled to cross a road on which 
automobiles were driven. 

The excellence of the work done by the Committee 
on Street Eailways was fully shown by the hun- 
dreds of thousands of passengers carried without 
accident, but mth comfort and speed, there being 
at all times a sufficient number of cars to handle the 
crowds promptly to and from the grounds. 

The United Eailways cannot be too highly com- 
mended for the excellence of its work and the thanks 
of the Transportation Committee are due to the 
Street Department as well, for its co-operation in 

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closing certain streets in proximity to the park, thus 
making it possible to rapidly handle the cars crowd- 
ed with passengers without interference or delay. 

The Committee on Steam Railroads under the di- 
rection of its chairman, worked most industriously 
with the steam lines and was able, in a great ma- 
jority of instances, to secure reduced rates, which 
were a great stimulus in bringing large numbers of 
people to the Pageant from the outside territory. 

a J. TANSEY. 



COMMITTEE ON CONCESSIONS. 

George W. Simmons, Chairman. 

The Conmiittee on Concessions consisted of 
Messrs. N. D. Thompson, Jr., Vice-Chairman ; Frank 
M. Robinson, Secretary; Robert M. Burton, Mrs. 
E. R. Kroeger, and the writer as Chairman. 

Mr. Robinson was employed, together with Mr. 
A. T. Wright, to take care of all of the detail work 
in handling concessions and concessionaires. The 
work of these gentlemen was thoroughly efficient 
and but for their long experience in the show busi- 
ness the concessions would have proven a liability 
instead of an asset; as the Concessions Committee 
learned more about the show business and sales of 
light refreshments, souvenirs, etc., during their 
short contact with this phase of the Pageant 
work than they would likely have learned in many 
years' usual observation. 

The character of the concessionaires and the irre- 
sponsibility of their employees — particularly the 
boys who peddled through the grandstand and other 

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parts of the grounds — made the task a difficult one, 
but, all things considered, the committee is well sat- 
isfied mth the results obtained, even though the 
large expense account reduced the gross revenue to 
a smaller net than would seem to one inexperienced 
in this work likely to result from such volume of 
sales. 

The one lesson learned from this concession 
work — which lesson the Concessions Committee re- 
cords for the benefit of posterity and future efforts 
along these lines — is that in event of a similar un- 
dertaking at any time in the future, no effort be 
made to realize any revenue from the letting out of 
concessions to the usual concessionaire. If it is 
thought desirable or necessary that provision be 
made to supply food or drink for the benefit of per- 
formers or on-lookers, that can be done probably 
mthout loss under the immediate direction of the 
Concessions Committee, who should operate conces- 
sions themselves with paid employees and not let 
them out to the class of people who usually seek 
these privileges. Such a method of handling would 
probably no more than break even, but would be 
very much more satisfactory than the amount of 
hard work and "grief" which was involved in pro- 
ducing the comparatively small net profit. 

Tlie most profitable and far the most satisfactory 
feature of the work of the Concessions Committee 
was that handled by Mr. N. D. Thompson, Jr., alone, 
in the marketing of the Pageant Book and Pro- 
gramme. Arrangements were made as follows : 

Greenburg Brothers were given the exclusive 
right of marketing the Pageant Book in the City 
of St. Louis and through the various News Bureaus, 
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everywhere outside of the Pageant grounds. Books 
were consigned to them and each day they remitted 
sixteen (16) cents net for each book they had sold 
up to the end of the day previous. 

A similar arrangement was made with 0. W. 
Boardman for distributing the Books and Pro- 
grammes on the grounds. The supply of books was 
exhausted on Sunday and none were available after 
that time, whereas the programmes came out a lit- 
tle bit better than even — due to the fact that there 
were very few of them available at the grounds the 
first day — Thursday — because two wagons of pro- 
grammes started from the printer's early in the 
morning, got lost and never reached the Pageant 
grounds at all, and a third wagon load did not reach 
the grounds until about 5 :30 p. m. 

That part of Mr. Thompson's concession work 
produced a net profit of $4,797.31, making a total net 
proceeds of the concessions, $6,773.32. 

The Concessions Committee made two bad invest- 
ments — one, in a supply of pennants that didn't sell 
as well as was anticipated, or as well as people ex- 
perienced in that line of business expected they 
would sell, and therefore a number of these pen- 
nants are on hand—although the profit on those sold 
just about made up for the cost of those unsold. The 
other bad investment was the purchase of 200 repro- 
ductions in plaster of Mr. Brinkhurst's figure 
* ^ Noohai, ' ' which appeared on the pylon at the edge 
of the stage. These reproductions, about 6 inches 
high, were placed on sale at a prominent jeweler's 
and only one was sold. The balance will be dis- 
tributed gratis to the Public Schools when they 
open in the fall. 

The committee will also see that distribution is 

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made of the Pageant Pennants in some way to pro- 
duce some benefit, although probably no revenue will 
result. 

G. W. SIMMONS. 



TICKET COMMITTEE. 

George W. Simmoxs, Chairman. 

About three months before the Pageant, the Ex- 
ecutive Committee discussed the question of making 
a charge for seats and reached the conclusion that, 
if necessary to provide adequate revenue, one-half 
of the seats would be reserved — covering the east- 
ern half of the grandstand, and at the follo^^dng 
prices : 

Box seats „ $2.50 each 

First Section, chairs „ 1.50 each 

Second Section, chairs 1.00 each 

Third Section, reserved benches 50 each 

Fourth Section, reserved benches 25 each 

In estimating probable revenue, it was thought 
that at least $20,000 would be secured from the sale 
of tickets. 

About April 29th the Executive Committee finally 
decided that the tickets would be placed on sale 
Monday, May 11th, and that the announcement of 
the sale would not be made public until Thursday, 
May 7th. 

One meeting of the Ticket Committee was held, at 
which time the members were urged to take orders 
from their friends, and particularly from friends in 
sections of the city not easily accessible to the ticket 

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office, for such reserved seats and boxes as they 
could dispose of, sending their orders to ticket head- 
quarters. The conmiittee held no further meetings, 
the balance of the work being done by the chairman 
and the secretary. 

Through the courtesy of Mr. W. H. H. Pettus, 
who owned the building at 618 Olive street, excel- 
lent facilities were placed at the disposal of the 
Ticket Committee, which occupied this vacant store 
building jointly with the Committee on Native Born 
Eegistration, and later with the Entertainment and 
Automobile Committees. 

It was decided that the people of St. Louis would 
not readily buy these tickets of their own accord but 
that the Ticket Committee would have to sell them, 
and a regular selling campaign was planned and in- 
stituted. 

Branch ticket offices were opened at twenty-four 
(24) places in the city and surrounding to^^Tls. To 
each of these was assigned approximately $100 
worth of each kind of tickets, divided among the 
various days. 

Deputy ticket agents were then appointed from 
the employees of the Simmons Hardware Company, 
each of whom lived in the vicinity of one of the 
branch ticket offices and these deputies visited each 
branch ticket office at least every other evening, col- 
lected the money for tickets sold since the previous 
Yisit, checked up and gave a fresh count and fresh 
receipt for the tickets still on hand, and each even- 
ing the deputy was pro^^ded with some *^ selling 
campaign talk" and sought to impress upon the 
branch ticket office the great opportunity of being 
able to supply his regular customers with tickets 
right near home, instead of making it necessary for 

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him to come down to the headquarters ticket office. 

As was expected the tickets did not sell rapidly at 
first, and after five days the deputies were instructed 
to take away from each branch ticket office one-half 
of all the tickets they had on hand, with the admoni- 
tion to the branch seller that unless he showed a 
greater appreciation of this opportunity to keep his 
own customers in his own part of toA^ra and make it 
easy for them to attend this great civic enterprise, 
all of the tickets would be taken from him to head- 
quarters where they Avere selling rapidly. 

A little judicious newspaper publicity, in addition 
to some well placed paid advertisements, handled by 
H. S. Gardner of the Publicity Committee, produced 
the desired results. It became the fashion to buy 
tickets, and from that time on it was only a question 
as to how rapidly the tickets could be handed out 
over the counter at the main ticket office and how 
long the branch ticket offices could be supplied from 
day to day with new tickets to meet their require- 
ments as reported each morning by the deputies. 

On account of the rainstorm Friday night, it was 
decided that tickets issued for Friday night would 
be good for admittance to the extra performance 
Monda}^, or would be subject to exchange for any 
available seats for the Saturday or Sunday perform- 
ances — which practically meant Sunday only, as at 
that time all of the $1.50 and $1.00 seats for Satur- 
day and practically all of the box seats were sold. 

While the ticket sellers, under directions of the 
secretary — Mr. James C. Whitsett — passed through 
the strenuous ten days at headquarters ticket office 
with very little time to eat and no time to rest, prac- 
tically no errors were made and every patron was 
satisfied and left the counter in good humor. It 

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was the policy of the Ticket Committee to satisfy 
people, even though it was necessary in some cases 
to make unreasonable refunds of cash. As far as 
the Ticket Committee could ascertain there was no 
attempt at speculation in Pageant tickets, although 
as high as $20.00 was offered at the box office on the 
grounds for two box seats Saturday night. May 
30th. The offer could not be accepted as there was 
not a seat to be had. 

The whole revenue from the sale of tickets 
amounted to $59,392.42 and the expenditure, includ- 
ing the cost of advertising and the service of the 
ticket sellers at the grounds and in the office, and 
all other incidental expenses, was approximately 
$1,000. 

The Ticket Committee had charge of the handling 
of the crowed and of the seating inside of the en- 
closure and were delighted with the good order of 
the audience and the lack of any rowdyism or dis- 
turbance, which the committee feels was due not 
only to the excellent arrangements provided by the 
Auditorium Committee and the plans to prevent 
such confusion which were carefully thought out in 
advance, but also to the exceedingly effective work 
of the Boy Scouts who acted as ushers and who, un- 
der the Boy Scout Master, divided the reserved 
seats into districts and politely but with unquestion- 
able firmness enforced the regulations prescribed. 

The Ticket Committee has no way of estimating 
accurately the number of persons who witnessed the 
performances, but believes in round figures this is a 
fair estimate : 

Thursday night, May 28th 90,000 

Friday night, May 29th „ 50,000 

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Saturday night, May 30th 150,000 

Sunday night. May 31st 75,000 

Monday night, June 1st „ 90,000 

Practically all of the reserved seats were occupied 
for each performance, with the exception of Sunday 
night, when about one hundred boxes, which were 
not otherwise needed, were placed at the disposal 
of the members of the cast and occupied for prac- 
tically all of the performance. In addition, one 
ticket was given to each member of the cast and 
such other seats provided as were possible at the 
various times needed. Ample seats were also pro- 
vided for visiting envoys, delegates, mayors and all 
others who might be considered as guests of the Pa- 
geant, as well as ample provision for the press. 

G. W. SIMMONS. 



POLICE COMMITTEE. 

Samuel B. McPheetees, Chairman. 

The functions of this committee were at first un- 
der the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public 
Safety, but it was soon found that there was urgent 
need for a Committee on Policing. 

The Committee on Transportation had some time 
previous designated a one-way route to the Pageant 
grounds. The handling of the traffic in a one-way 
direction, of course, much facilitated the work of my 
committee, which had exclusive charge of policing 
the grounds and parking automobiles. It was de- 
cided by the committee to have the cars parked on all 
available roads and vacant grounds surrounding the 
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o^NTier of a machine or vehicle a card indicating jnst 
where his machine wonld be, so that the o^vner or oc- 
cupant might go to the machine rather than have 
the machine call for the occupant. This plan worked 
admirably. All automobiles and vehicles were han- 
dled in two columns, and were assigned by officers to 
their parking space, and not a single car was mis- 
placed or stolen during the entire week. We parked 
over three thousand cars on one night of the Pageant 
and there was not a car on the grounds after 11 :45 
p. m. 

Our committee would have been helpless in han- 
dling the large number of automobiles and the large 
crowd had it not been for the splendid service ren- 
dered by the Police Department and especially by 
Captains SchAvartz, Hanna and Gaffney. The com- 
mittee received valuable aid from Mr. Edward ]\f. 
Flesh and Mr. George Tansey of the Transportation 
Committee, and from Mr. Cunliff, of the Park De- 
partment. 

The conmiittee also secured through the Police 
Department an assigmnent of three police matrons 
at Union Station, two at the McKinley Station and 
two at Washington Avenue Station from Monday, 
May 25th, to Monday, June 1st. 

The committee is also very much indebted for the 
very efficient service rendered by the Boy Scouts, 
who had particular charge of the ushering and seat- 
ing of the large crowds at the Pageant, and who ren- 
dered valuable aid in innumerable ways. 

There were no reports of pickpockets, no accidents 
and only one arrest during the week at the Pageant 
grounds, wliich was dismissed in court. 

I trust that this brief resume of the work of my 
committee is sufficient for your purpose. I, of 

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course, wish to extend to each and every member of 
the committee and the Police Department my hearty 
thanks for their very active co-operation. 

SAML. B. McPHEETERS. 



PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 

H. M. Blossom, Chairman. 

Having had a meeting of the Safety Committee at 
this office and afterward with the Transportation 
Committee on the grounds, the St. Louis Fire Pre- 
vention Bureau took charge of provisions indicated 
for safety throughout the area appointed for the 
celebration. The protection so afforded was ade- 
quate, as w^as seen in the result. In detail we passed 
upon the physical adequacy and safety of the stage 
construction, provided a sufficient number of fire 
plugs, fire hydrants, extinguishers, etc.; prevented 
the use of unsafe torches and other devices upon the 
stage; required additional watchmen, and assisted 
in extinguishing two immaterial fires out of the 
three which occurred in spite of our precautions. Of 
course, such relation of incident minimizes into mere 
mention matters that required time, thought, effort, 
vigilance — gladly furnished by us in aid of the su- 
premely proud occasion which the to^vn has to its 
needed credit. 

H. M. BLOSSOM. 



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SANITARY COMMITTEE. 

Dr. Max C. Starkloff, Chairman. 

A meeting of the conimittee was called for Tues- 
day, April 7th, 1914, in my office, at which meeting 
Major Thomas U. Eaymond was elected vice-chair^ 
man and Dr. G. A. Jordan, secretary of the connnit- 
tee. The committee held a discussion at this meet- 
ing of matters that would fall within its province, 
particularly the installation of toilet and lavatory 
facilities and the provision of drinking water. 

An examination was made of the plans of the Pa- 
geant grounds, and it was decided that all members 
should make a personal survey of the grounds on 
Thursday afternoon, April 9th. The grounds were 
visited by the conmiittee on that day and the loca- 
tions of toilets and drinking fountains were selected 
subject to an opinion from the engineering force of 
the Park Department as to the accessibility of sew- 
ers and water mains. 

On April 11th we were advised by the Park De- 
partment that the locations selected would be acces- 
sible to water and sewer service. 

On April 27th a joint meeting was held at the 
Pageant grounds between the Transportation, Safe- 
ty, Auditorium and Sanitary Committees, at which 
time the recommendations of each committee was 
submitted to the others, in order that all might have 
proper understanding of the recommendations that 
would be offered. 

Inasmuch as the Sanitary Committee had been in- 
formed by your committee that it was not to enter 
into any contracts, but simply to make suggestions 

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to the Executive Committee, the following recom- 
mendations were submitted: 

The erection of six tents for toilet purposes, two 
of which were to be located south of the Art Musuem, 
one for the accommodation of men and one for 
women, tents to be 56 feet long by 28 feet wide. The 
men's tent to have 50 separate toilet compartments, 
constructed of lumber, each compartment to be 2 feet 
6 inches wide by 3 feet deep, and each compartment 
being served by a galvanized iron bucket with tight 
fitting cover — buckets to be removed, emptied and 
disinfected each night. In the center of this tent a 
wooden urinal to be constructed 37 feet long with a 
trough one foot wide on either side and separated by 
a wooden partition 5 feet 6 inches high throughout 
its length. The trough and partition to be covered 
with heavy tar paper. The ground in front of either 
side of the urinal to be covered with cinders to a 
depth of 4 inches. At either end of this urinal board 
partitions 3 feet 6 inches high were to be constructed, 
these partitions serving as a screen at the entrances. 
At one end of this partition a sink was to be con- 
structed, lined with heavy tar paper and served 
with seven faucets furnishing running water for 
washing purposes, the overflow to be connected with 
the urinal drain. A board partition 3 ft. 6 in. high 
was also to be extended throughout the length of the 
back of the toilets to serve as a screen when the tents 
were lighted at night. The tent for women to be con- 
structed on the same plan as the tent for men, with 
the exception of the urinal, in place of which it was 
recommended that thirty additional toilets be in- 
stalled, fifteen on each side, through the center of 
the tent. These two tents were recommended for the 
service of the general public. 

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For the accommodation of the persons engaged as 
performers in the presentation of the Pageant two 
smaller tents were recommended for the grounds 
at each end of the stage, one to serve for men and 
one for women. The installation of toilet facilities 
at each end of the stage was necessitated by the fact 
that the lagoon separated the grounds and prevented 
the use of larger common toilets. 

Tents of the following dimensions and equipments 
were recommended for performers. The men's tent 
to be 21 feet long by 14 feet wide, having 18 toilets, 
a urinal and wash sink, on the same plan, but on a 
smaller scale, than the large tent south of the Art 
Museum. The women's tent to be 24 feet long by 14 
feet wide, having 47 separate toilet compartments, 
20 on each side and seven through the center of the 
tent. This tent also to be constructed on the same 
plan, but on a smaller scale than the women's tent 
south of the Art Museum. All tents to be lighted at 
night with gasoline mantel lamps. A large dressing 
tent was also recommended, to be erected on the 
grounds at either end of the stage, one for men and 
one for women performers. 

In each of these tents a long wooden trough, lined 
with tar paper was to extend along one side, with 
faucets every three feet, furnishing running water, 
for washing purposes, 
this trough to be sewer-connected. This was to be 

It was recommended that a contract be made for 
the proper removal of the night soil and the disin- 
fection and return of the cans, that a sufficient 
amount of air-slacked lime be purchased and used 
from time to time during the period the cans were in 
use, and that a sufficient amount of liquid disinfect- 
ant be purchased for the disinfection of the urinals, 

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cans and grounds. The committee also advised that 
a sufficient number of attendants be at all times 
present at the toilets to see that sanitary conditions 
were observed, and to keep the tents clean and in 
order. That soap and towels be provided in each 
tent, to be dispensed at a nominal cost of about one 
or two cents each. 

The Sanitary Committee obtained and submitted 
to your committee an estimate of the cost entailed in 
carrying out these recommendations. 

Bubble fountains were recommended in designated 
localities to serve for drinking purposes. 

It was found upon conferring with the Executive 
Committee that the person having the contract for 
the building of the stage and seats also had included 
in his contract the provision of a number of small 
toilets at different points about the grounds. The 
committee was strongly of the opinion that the in- 
stallation of numerous small toilets would create un- 
sanitary conditions and quickly become a nuisance, 
and recommended that the toilets be as few in num- 
ber as possible of sufficient size to serve the purpose. 
The secretary then took up with the contractor the 
question of applying the cost of the material and la- 
bor necessary to construct the numerous small 
toilets to the erection of toilet compartments and 
urinals in the interior of large tents, and this ar- 
rangement was satisfactorily perfected. 

All recommendations of the committee were ap- 
proved by the Executive Committee and the toilet, 
lavatory and drinking facilities were installed. It 
is the opinion of the committee, based upon a per- 
sonal supervision of these accommodations through- 
out the several days that the Pageant was in exist- 
ence, that conditions could not have been more satis- 

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factory considering the temporary use they were 
called upon to serve. Conditions in each of the tents 
were at all times most satisfactory, and should this 
committee be called upon at any future time to out- 
line a plan for the provision of proper sanitary con- 
ditions for such an entertainment I feel that it could 
not improve upon the recommendations submitted 
to your committee in the service of the St. Louis Pa- 
geant and Masque, with the single exception of the 
matter of drinking water. During the nights that 
this entertainment was in progress the weather was 
very warm and the committee under-estimated the 
amount of drinking water necessary. An abundance 
of iced water, in elevated and covered barrels, 
equipped with bubble-fountain attachments, would 
have materially contributed to the greater comfort 
of the audience. 

MAX C. STARKLOFF. 



ASSOCIATIONS COMMITTEE. 

John H. Sommerich, Secretary. 

In reporting for the Organization Committee of 
the St. Louis Pageant and Masque as secretary, I 
can say very little as far as the committee as a whole 
is concerned. Our chairman, Mr. Otto F. Karbe, 
who was also a member of the Executive Committee, 
called the officers of the different civic and business 
organizations together on three occasions. The Ex- 
ecutive Committee allotted certain parts to the dif- 
ferent organizations, who, in their willing way and 
spirit of co-operation, performed these parts well. 

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To mention any special cast or the service of any 
organization would be an injustice, as all was har- 
mony and all in common worked together. The 
success and glory of the Pageant and Masque are 
due to the untiring efforts of the Executive Commit- 
tee and the hearty co-operation of the organizations 
taking part. Hail to the New St. Louis ! 

JOHN H. SOMMERICH. 



COMMITTEE OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. 

Mrs. W. R. Chivvis, Chairman. 

The Women's Clubs, always ready to co-operate 
with any movement that points to the welfare of St. 
Louis and Missouri, entered heartily into the plan 
of extending some special courtesy to visiting club- 
women at the time of the Great Pageant. 

The members of the committee consisted of most 
of the officers of the district of which St. Louis is a 
part, although they acted as individuals. The three 
meetings held to arrange for the complimentary au- 
tomobile ride tendered the visitors were pleasant 
reunions in themselves, bringing together, as they 
did, the officers of the district and the presidents of 
the local clubs. 

Mrs. T. G. Eatcliffe served as vice-chairman of 
the committee and as chairman of automobile ar- 
rangements, and scores of machines awaited the 
visitors. 

Lavitations had been sent to the president of 
every state federation to attend the St. Louis Pa- 
geant on her way to the Chicago Biennial meeting 
of Women's Clubs. Like invitations went, also, to 

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the president of every club in Missouri and adjoin- 
ing states, as well as to all southern and southwest- 
ern states. 

The clubwomen who participated in the drive and 
fully appreciated the hospitality of St. Louis club- 
women came from the f ollomng states : Massachu- 
setts, Ohio, Illinois, the Dakotas, Arkansas, Oklaho- 
ma, Colorado and Washington, besides many from 
the small towns of Missouri. 

All visiting clubwomen were asked to register be- 
fore starting for the drive, and each auto-full was 
accompanied by a local clubwoman who took justi- 
fiable pride in pointing out places of interest. 

The many letters received from those who could 
not attend assured the chairman that each would 
read of the Pageant with a double interest since 
she had been an invited guest. The letters of appre- 
ciation which came from those who had attended 
proved, without a doubt, that all efforts had been 
well expended. 

MES. W. R. CHIWIS. 



NATIVE BORN COMMITTEE. 

Mes. Luther Ely Smith, Chairman. 

As a means of raising small subscriptions from a 
large number of persons not to be reached through 
an organization, this Registration Committee was 
formed from the Woman ^s Finance Committee. 

Mrs. Baarent Ten Broek made the suggestion that 
every native born St. Louisan register his name and 
pay a fee of twenty-five cents. This idea was en- 
larged upon and a committee was formed to carry 

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it out. The store at 618 Olive street was secured 
through the kindness of Mr. Wm. H. H. Pettus for 
headquarters. There for two weeks native born St. 
Louisans and loyal St. Louisans born elsewhere re- 
corded their histories, and many interesting facts 
were brought to light. These records were alphabet- 
ically filed and placed in the Missouri Historical So- 
ciety, where they mil be preserved with the archives 
of the Pageant. 

SaLEES KENNARD SMITH. 

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT TO THE ABOVE. 
Miller Hageman, Puhlicity Secretary. 

Besides serving to awaken keener interest in the 
then approaching Pageant and Masque of Saint 
Louis, and incidentally to realize some hundreds of 
dollars for the fund to defray expenses, the registra- 
tion of St. Louisans for the Pageant archives of the 
Missouri Historical Society, was the means of se- 
curing for posterity records which the officers of 
that society consider very valuable. 

Hundreds of famil}^ histories of extraordinary in- 
terest to St. Louisians of the present generation, 
and certain to be of great interest to the next genera- 
tion, were filed with the committee. Mrs. Luther 
Ely Smith was chairman of the committee, other 
members being Mrs. Frank V. Hammar, Mrs. James 
A. Waterworth, Mrs. Harvey G. Mudd, Mrs. James 
A. Durdy, Mrs. William Utter and Mrs. Baarent 
Ten Broek. 

The historical registration campaign resulted 
from a suggestion made by Mrs. Ten Broek at a 
meeting of the Ladies' Finance Committee. Up to 
that time a majority of the people of St. Louis had 

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failed to evidence more than a casual interest in tlie 
Pageant and Masqne, the success of Avhich, ci\^c 
workers foresaw, would create in this city a unity of 
sentiment sufficient to assure a neAv charter, the com- 
pletion of the free bridge, the construction of a cen- 
tral parlnvay and other improvements considered 
necessary to prevent the fourth city from being the 
fifth or sixth. 

Mrs. Ten Broek's suggestion that there be a Na- 
tive Born AYeek, during which any one born on St. 
Louis soil might register upon payment of a small 
fee, was unanimously approved and the Native Born 
Committee was organized to take entire charge of 
this registration feature of the Pageant and Masque 
and preside over a registration headquarters, which 
all agreed should be located in the heart of the down- 
town business district. 

The Executive Committee approved the plan, and 
Mr. "W. H. H. Pettus substantially aided the commit- 
tee by lending, for use as headquarters, his store at 
618 Olive street. The Tsdndow was dressed with cos- 
tumes, weapons and other articles of various periods 
portrayed in the Pageant and Masque, and the in- 
terior of the store was decorated mth the Pageant 
colors and provided A^ith tables and chairs for use in 
recei\T.ng registrations. 

Mayor Kiel had planned to be the first to register 
at the headquarters, but, as the door was swung open 
that morning of Monday, May 4, ' ' Gold, ' ' the villain 
of the Masque (Mr. Ra^miond H. S. Koch), rushed 
in to thwart him. So ^^Gold'^ and the Mayor regis- 
tered simultaneously, the latter pa^dng $2.00 to re- 
cord, besides his own history, the histories of his 
vdfe, four children and their two grandchildren. 

Simultaneously with the opening of the headquar- 

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ters, branch registration stations were opened, five 
of them in daily newspaper offices. 

Upon payment of the registration fee — 25 cents — 
the registrant would receive a registration card con- 
taining space for his or her name, place and date of 
birth, present address, occupation, father's and 
mother's nationality (country of birth), the number 
of descendants and interesting incidents in the fam- 
ily history. Without extra charge, the registrant 
might file, if he desired, items of history written on 
separate sheets of paper. Some registrants filed 
1,000 words or more, while others v/ere content mere- 
ly to supply the information specifically called for 
on the registration card. 

The words *^ Native Born St. Louisans Eegister 
Here,'' were borne by a sign across the front of the 
headquarters, but dozens of St. Louisans born else- 
where were among the first day's callers, and their 
pleas for a chance to register for the Pageant records 
so impressed the committee as to result in the exten- 
sion of our campaign the next day so as to enable 
the registration of all St. Louisans, irrespective of 
their birth places. For St. Louisans born elsewhere 
a card almost identical to that for use by natives, but 
providing a space for the city of birth, was printed. 

The St. Louis newspapers from day to day 
printed excerpts from those family histories deemed 
of especial interest, and through those articles thou- 
sands of St. Louisans were acquainted with the deep 
significance of the Pageant and Masque movement. 

An old bell believed to have been used by the vil- 
lage crier of St. Louis was among the antiques 
brought to light by the registration campaign. Mr. 
Louis Manar, son of a full-blooded Menominee In- 
dian, called at headquarters to register as a native 

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St. Loiiisan, and, upon recording the history of the 
bell, was induced by our committee to lend it for 
exhibition in the window. Mr. Manar, many of 
whose friends and acquaintances know him as ^^ In- 
dian Lou,^' subsequently joined the cast of the P^^ 
geant. In the scene of the attack on the village, he 
used the old bell to warn villagers of the approach 
of the enemy. 

The brace of dueling pistols of William Carr Lane, 
the first Mayor of St. Louis, aroused almost, if not 
quite as much public interest, as the old bell. The 
pistols were brought to the headquarters by that 
distinguished St. Louisan's lineal descendant, Mr. 
Carson, one of the aides of our committee. 

Towards the end of the week the interest in the 
historical registration had became so widespread as 
to result in appeals to our committee not only from 
the Executive Committee of the St. Louis Pageant 
Drama Association, but from officers of the Missouri 
Historical Society, to keep the registration head- 
quarters open another week. During that second 
week many of those papers most valuable from an 
historical standpoint were filed. And, when the reg- 
istration campaign closed, a spirited demand for re- 
served seats was solving the one remaining Pageant 
and Masque problem — that of how to meet the ex- 
penses. MILLER HAGEMAN. 



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COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS. 

Samuel L. Sherer, Chairman. 

The designation given to our committee is apt to 
prove misleading unless it is explained tliat we had 
nothing to do with the decoration of the stage, cos- 
tumes, etc., but that our work was confined to the 
selection of the official colors, pennants and flags for 
the decoration of the grounds, tents and downtown 
buildings. 

The colors selected were crimson, orange and gold, 
combined in the order named. While it was our en- 
deavor to select colors that would in some measure 
be representative of Spain, France and the United 
States, the final selection was really due to the har- 
monious and festive effect produced by the combined 
colors rather than to their historical significance. 
In the case of the pennants, however (fleurs de lis of 
gold sprinkled upon a field of blue), the relation of 
France was recalled and streamers of red, white and 
blue represented our national colors. 

In the badges selected for the various committees, 
members of the press, envoys and others, the forego- 
ing colors were used in many combinations with ap- 
propriate lettering and such emblems as could be se- 
cured in stock — there not being sufficient time for 
the designing and making of a special emblem which 
it is obvious should have been used. 

The committee had in mind the outlining and deco- 
ration of the amphitheatre with a row of ornamental 
flag-poles surmounted by flags and pennants and con- 
nected by heavy swags of the official colors. This 
would have added greatly to the impressive effect 

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of the scene, but the expense involved was too great 
to admit of its being carried out. 

The members of the committee were Messrs. Louis 
LaBeaume, William Booth Papin and Guy Study, 
whose judgment and interest in the work deserve 
every commendation. S. L. SHEREE. 



COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT. 

Melville L. Wilkinson, Chairman. 

Your committee, as soon as practical after being 
appointed, held meetings weekly, and as the time 
drew close to the Pageant week, our meetings were 
far more frequent in order to lay our plans and to 
make sub-divisions of committees, as follows : 

The Committee on Information, Miss Wall, Chair- 
man. This committee, through its chairman, did 
most excellent service, with headquarters at 618 
Olive street; with branches at the Union Station, 
Washington Avenue Station, McKinley Station and 
at Eads Bridge, having also placed literature and 
information with all hotels, so that any visitor en- 
tering our city was met and given thorough instruc- 
tions as to the plans of the Pageant and Masque. 

All special visitors were met at trains by members 
of our committee and escorted to headquarters, 
where they were registered, at which time they re- 
ceived their credentials and invitations to the va- 
rious functions that had been prepared for their 
entertainment. 

Our Automobile Committee, Mr. John S. Harris, 
Chairman, undoubtedly did more for the satisfaction 
of our guests than any of our other committees, as all 
guests were placed on register so that at any time 

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when they were in need of conveyance from place 
to place, all that was necessary was to telephone to 
headquarters and they were immediately furnished 
A\dth an automobile for their individual use. Our 
automobiles were arranged so as to take all guests 
from their hotels to the Pageant and Masque every 
evening and remain in waiting until the perform- 
ance was over, after which they were returned to 
their various headquarters. These bus autos were 
furnished by the courtesy of the Stix, Baer & Fuller, 
Famous-Barr and the Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney 
Dry Goods Companies. 

It would be impossible to enumerate the many 
pleasant trips given to the individual guests dur- 
ing the Pageant and Masque by our many generous 
citizens. We wish, however, to call attention to 
the trip given through the county, with a dinner at 
Sunset Inn on Friday, May 29th. On Saturday 
many of our guests attended the unveiling of the 
statue of Laclede, and in the afternoon enjoyed a 
most beautiful ride to the Chain of Eocks, to visit 
the St. Louis "Water Works, the entire party being 
the gTiests of Mayor Kiel. On Sunday a special trip 
to Cahokia Mound, Illinois, was of the greatest in- 
terest, and your committee wishes to express its 
appreciation to Dr. H. M. Whelpley for his interest- 
ing and instructive talk upon this occasion. 

Your committee mshes to express its apprecia- 
tion to the hundreds of loyal St. Louis citizens who 
so kindly gave us the use of their automobiles. 
Doubtless they feel, as does your committee, justly 
proud of the impression made upon the visitors who 
attended from many other cities. Both at the time of 
the Pageant, and in letters received since the event, 
these visitors manifested appreciation for the hos- 

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pitality and kindness shown to them while they were 
our guests. 

We only wish that it were possible for us to place 
in these recommendations every name of every mem- 
ber of our committee. Among the guests, besides 
special envoi's, we wish to call attention to the dele- 
gations from Omaha, Tucson, Oakland, Des Moines, 
San Francisco and Los Angeles. 

M. L. WILKINSON. 



COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE OF CITIES. 

Hox. Henry W, Kiel, Mayor, Honorary Chairman. 
Mrs. Ernest R. Kroeger, Active Chairman. 



The suggestion that a Conference of Cities be held 
in connection with the Pageant and Masque of Saint 
Louis was due to Mr. Percy MacKaye and Mr. 
Thomas Wood Stevens. 

It was their wish that a gathering of representa- 
tive men and women from all parts of the country 
be called to discuss the civic and artistic significance 
expressed in the production of the Pageant and 
Masque, and that this conference resolve itself into 
a League of Cities for future allied community ef- 
fort. 

Inasmuch as the Masque called for an army of 
cities to rally to the cause of Saint Louis, The Knight 
Crusader, it was Mr. MacKaye 's wish that these 
cities be represented by official envoys appointed by 
their mayors with reference to their fitness to par- 
ticipate in both Masque and Civic Conference. 

To carry out these ideas, Mr. John H. Gundlach 
appointed, in February, 1914, a Committee on Con- 
ference of Cities, consisting of twenty-six members. 

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The committee was divided into three sub-commit- 
tees, on Envoys, Programme and Business. Mayor 
Henry "W. Kiel, as Honorary Chairman of the com- 
mittee, sent out more than one hundred letters to 
mayors in the United States, Canada, South America 
and Europe, requesting them to send official envoys 
to the Pageant and Masque and the Conference of 
Cities. 

In addition to Mayor Kiel's letters, the sub-com- 
mittees on Envoys sent a large number of letters to 
prominent men and women in these cities, inviting 
them to be present and asking their co-operation in 
securing the best possible appointments by their 
mayors. The response throughout the United States 
was very general, and, as a result, twenty-six official, 
four special and three associate envoys were ap- 
pointed, making a total of thirty-three envoys from 
the largest cities in the country in attendance at the 
Pageant and Masque and Conference of Cities. 

The Programme Committee selected Municipal 
Eecreation as the general subject for the Conference, 
focusing the discussion upon the Civic Drama as a 
constructive social force. 

Three sessions were held, with prominent speakers 
who are authorities on Pageantry, Civic Drama, 
Civic Music and Municipal Eecreation. These ses- 
sions were presided over, respectively, by Hon. John 
H. Gundlach, President of the Pageant-Drama As- 
sociation; J. Lionberger Davis, Esq., Chairman of 
the Central Council of Social Agencies, and Dr. Ar- 
tluir E. Bostwick, Librarian of the Public Library. 
The proceedings have already been published in a 
separate volume (St. Louis, 1914). 

A committee appointed at the first session to de- 
vise means for the perpetuation of the conference, 

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reported at the third session, recommending that the 
conference be perpetuated in an organization called 
''The League of Cities," that its purpose be to pro- 
mote civic drama and other forms of ci^ic art, and 
that all participating in the conference as officers, 
envoys, speakers, special guests, and members of 
committees, constitute charter members of the 
League. On motion the report was adopted. 

The Conference of Cities adjourned May 31, 1914, 
to convene as "The League of Cities" upon call of 
the following Board of Governors : Percy MacKaye, 
Chairman; Thomas AVood Stevens, George Pierce 
Baker, Mrs. A. Starr Best, Henry Bruere, Percival 
Chubb, Arthur Farwell, Hamlin Garland, Mrs. Ern- 
est R. Kroeger, Miss Charlotte Rumbold, Miss Char- 
lotte Taussig and Lorado Taft. 

LAURA C. KROEGER. 



COMMITTEE OX HISTORICAL MATERIAL. 

Mrs. Philip X. Mooee. Cliairman. 

Incidental to the Pageant and Masque of St. Louis 
there was opened, on March 1, at the Jefferson Me- 
morial Building, a unique exhibition of costumes, 
manuscripts, weapons, books, pictures, jewelry and 
rare old paintings, loaned from collections held by 
individuals. 

Contributions were made by the St. Louis Jeffer- 
son and Cornelia Green Chapters of the Daughters 
of the Revolution, by the Daughters of 1812, the 
Colonial Dames of the 17th Century and the St. 
Louis Chapter of the L^nited Daughters of the Con- 
federacy, supplemented by collections from the Mis- 
souri Historical Society and many private parties. 

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There was attached to each article the name and 
address of the owner, with a brief historical sketch 
of date and place of original ownership ; while every 
article was entered in a book kept by the custodian, 
and a receipt was given. 

All articles were insured, and the interest of don- 
ors was increased by the personal care of the cus- 
todian of the Historical Museum, Mrs. Beauregard. 

It was the object of the committee to create in- 
terest in the Pageant and Masque through the exhi- 
bition of articles, many of which were reproduced 
for the Pageant. Attention centered about the 
paintings picturing early settlement and Indian life, 
— the Transfer of Louisiana, DeLassus represent- 
ing Spain and Stoddard representing France, tne 
Founding of St. Louis and Indians offering the Pipe 
of Peace to Father Marquette. Copies of old news- 
papers, old manuscripts, letters, programmes and 
souvenirs were on exhibit. 

Dresses, suits, coats and hats, relics of years long 
past, precious old laces, silks and lingerie, embroid- 
ered coats of deerskin, spinning wheels, chairs that 
seated many an early settler, snow shoes, fire arms, 
cooking utensils, 200-year-old shawls, rare pieces of 
quaint jewelry, medicine bags, brass armor, melod- 
eons, saddle bags and relics of early struggles were 
in the collection, as well as clothing worn by immi- 
grants, who came to this country in the early days. 

The exhibit was kept open for two months and 
was attended by thousands each day, especially on 
Saturdays and Sundays. 

The committee acknowledges with gratitude the 
contributions and the interest shown, believing that 
the result fully warranted the outlay. 

EVA PEREY MOOEE. 

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SALVAGE COMMITTEE. 

Louts La Beaume, Chairman. 

I have not the data at hand which would enable 
me to make a detailed report for the Salvage Com- 
mittee. All contracts with which I am familiar, took 
into account the return of material of value. The 
largest of these were the contracts for lumber used 
in the erection of the stage. This lumber was all 
returned to the dealers who had supplied it, at a 
price which had been previously agreed upon. The 
amounts are recorded in the files of the Association. 
The next considerable item concerned the materials 
used by the Lighting Committee. After the per- 
formances, Mr. Jacobs advertised for bids and dis- 
posed of a quantity of salvage at prices of which we 
also have a record. The Costumes Committee was 
not so fortunate. The costumes which had been 
made under its direction seemed to possess but little 
value to others after their use in the Pageant and 
Masque. Some few items were disposed of for in- 
considerable sums, and others were given away by 
the committee, acting according to its best judg- 
ment. 

This was also the case with regard to objects in 
charge of the Properties Committee. 

I think that the amounts recovered for salvage 
were about as great as was anticipated. Certainly 
this was so in the case of lumber and electrical ap- 
paratus. 

Every eifort was made by each committee to dis- 
pose of its salvage to the best advantage and your 
General Salvage Committee considers the results 
satisfactory. LOUIS LA BEAUME. 

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COMMITTEE ON ARCHIVES. 

Arthur E. Bostwick, Chairman. 

After the close of the Pageant a committee consist- 
ing of the undersigned, representing the Public Li- 
brary : Hon. W. B. Douglas, the Missouri Historical 
Society and W. C. Breckenridge, Esq., the State His- 
torical Society, was appointed to arrange for the 
preservation of records, printed, manuscript or pho- 
tographed. This committee decided to deposit all 
such records in the St. Louis Public Library. The 
material preserved in the Library in accordance 
with this decision includes the original painting of 
the Lyendecker poster, an enlargement of the pho- 
tograph taken from Art Hill by Mr. E. 0. Thalinger 
of the Art Museum ; a considerable collection of other 
photographs, by professionals and amateurs, and the 
films of the moving pictures taken by the St. Louis 
Motion Picture Co. These have been sent at various 
times for exhibition to Boston, New York, Philadel- 
phia and other cities. 

By order of the Executive Committee over 100 
half-tone reproductions of the Art Hill photograph, 
mentioned above, were struck off, framed and glazed 
and sent to public schools throughout the city, to 
serve as permanent memorials of the Pageant. 

Copies of the Book of the Pageant were distrib- 
uted free to libraries as noted in a previous report, 
and specimens of printed matter are still frequently 
sent in answer to requests for information. 

The material preserved also includes a very large 
number of clippings, which will ultimately be ar- 
ranged in scrap books. 

AETHUR E. BOSTWICK. 

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Acoustics of Auditorium 48, 49 

Admissions,, Committee on 12 

Advertising, display 28, 31 

Advisory Committee, constitut- 
ed 6 

Ambulance service 65 

Amphitheatre. See Auditorium. 
Anniversary, Pageant cele- 
brates - 7 

Archr^s, Committee on, re- 
port 134 

Art Hill selected as site 7, 66 

Articles of Ass'n, extract 40 

Associations Committee, re- 
port of 119 

Attendance estimated Ill 

Auditorium, acoustics of, 48; 

lighting of 79 

Auditorium Committee, report 

of : .-- 57 

Automobiles for visitors 120 

Automobiles, Sub-Committee 

on 103, 127 

Arrest, only one 113 

Badges, etc 126 

Band for Masque 101 

Barnes, A. S., directs hospital 

section of Boy Scouts 65 

Barnes, ]\Iargaret, designs 

head- and tail-pieces 49 

Barnes-Crosby Co 50 

Bates, Olga, trains gavotte 56 

Bell of old village crier 124 

Berninghaus, Oscar, designs 

post-cards 28, Zl 

Blackwelder, Paul, vice-chair- 
man Properties Committee..- 92 
Blewett, Ben, co-operation of 10 

Blossom, H. M., report of 114 

BoARDMAN, O. W., distributes 

books on grounds 107 

Boats 95 

Book Committee .9, 45 

Book Committee, report of 47 

Books of Words, marketing of, 

106; preparation 49 

Booklet, descriptive 27 

Booth, J. W., Publicity Com- 
mittee 9 

BosTwicK, Arthur E., chairman 
Book Committee, 9, 45 ; pre- 
sides at conference, 130; re- 
ports of 47, 134 

135 



BoY Scouts, as ushers, 61 ; hos- 
pital section, 65 ; police aid 

of 113 

Breckenridge, W. C, thanked 95 
Bringhurst, R. p., designs fig- 
ure of Noohai (cold), 72; 
makes model for Mayan 

ruins 71 

Bulletins, issue of 26 

Burgher, Maj. E. H., in charge 

hospital tent 

Buttons, sale of 10 

Cady, Agnes, trains ^laya 

dance 56 

Cahokia, Colossal figure 72 

CoHOKiA }^Iound, trip to 128 

Canoes _ 96 

Carleton, Murray, thanked 20 

Cast Committee, 11; report of 53 
Century Bldg., office of Assn. 92 

Chain of Rocks, trip to 128 

Champlin, E. AUena, designs 

cover for "Old St. Louis".... 38 
Chiwis, Mrs. W. R., report of. 120 

Choir of Boys 102 

Christmas Celebration.... 74 

Chubb, Percival, report of 74 

City Dispensary, co-operation 

of 131 

Clendenin, F. L., trains Indian 

dances 56 

Clubwomen, visiting _.121 

Colonial Dames, contributions 

of 131 

Colors, official „ 126 

Competitions — costumes, 90; 

post-cards and programmes.. 9 
Competitions Committee, re- 
port of 35 

Concessionaires _ 106 

Concessions, Committee on, 

12; report of 105 

Conference of Cities, 13 ; 
preparation of proceedings, 

52; report of 129 

Construction, report of super- 
intendent 68 

Contents 3 

Contracts, legal draughting of 41 
Converse, F. S., composes 

score of ^lascjue 11, 100 

Coon SM AN, Nancy, designs fig- 
ure of Cahokia 72 



Cost of Pageant, estimated 8 

Costume Committee, 11; re- 
port of 87 

CuNLiFF, Nelson, Supt. of Con- 
struction, 67 ; report of, 68 ; 
secy Com. on Stage-Setting.. 67 

D. A. R., contributions of 131 

Dancing Committee, report of 56 

Date of Pageant, selected 7 

Davis, Arthur, conducts boy 

choir 102 

Davis, Dwight F., report of.... 56 
Davis, J. L., presides at Con- 
ference of Cities 130 

Decorations CoMMiTTEE,report 

of 126 

Diel, Chas., vice-chairman Cast 

Committee, 11; report of 53 

Dollar-Subscription scheme.... 21 
Douglas, W. B., vice-chair- 
man Book Committee 47 

Eastman Co., constructs scen- 
ery 71 

Electricity, suppHed for light.. 83 

Ellis, C. D., scout-master 61 

Entertainment Committee, 

report of 127 

Envoys from cities _ 130 

Episodes, historical, selection 

of 47 

Excursions 128 

Executive Committee, consti- 
tuted, 6; report of 5 

Exhibit of historical material.-131 
Famous-Barr Co., lend autos....l28 
Farrar, C. M., sec'y Properties 

Committee 92 

Felker, Ruth K., prize-winner 

for costumes 91 

Finance, Woman's Committee 

on, report 21 

Finance Committee, 11 ; report 

of 18 

Fjre Prevention Bureau, serv- 
ices of 114 

Fischer, F., director of orches- 
tra, 11 ; conducts chorus 102 

Flesh, E. M., chairman sub- 
Committee on Automobiles.... 103 
Forest Park, selected as site, 
7; use granted by ordinance.. 39 

Fouke, p. B., thanked 20 

Gardner, Plcrl^crt, chairman 
Publicity Committee, 9 ; re- 
port of, 25; ticket publicity....! 10 
Garetsox, Katherinc G., makes 
properties 92 



Gessler, Edward, Hospital 

Com 63 

Greenburg Bros., handle Pa- 
geant books 106 

Grounds, lighting of 86 

Groups and units 75 

GuNDLACH, J. H., presides at 
Conference of Cities, 130; re- 
port of 5 

Guns _ 96 

Hageman, M., report of... ...122 

Harris, John S., chairman Au- 
tomobile sub-com 127 

Henry, Dr. R. A,, report on 

hospital service 63 

High Schools 35 

Hiloha (Heat), colossal figure 72 
Hilton, Alex., chairman sub- 
Committee on Steam Rail- 
roads 103 

Historical Material Commit- 
tee, report of 131 

Holm, V., designs figure of 

Hiloha (Heat) 72 

Hospital service, 63 ; tent 65 

Incorporation of Pageant 

Drama Ass'n 39 

Introduction 4 

Isaacs, Amy, prize-winner 37 

Jacobs, A. I., report of 78 

Johns, G. McD., telephone in- 
stallation 85 

Karbe, Otto F., chairman As- 
sociations Committee 119 

Kessler, Geo. E., report of 66 

Kiel, Henry W., Mayor of St. 
Louis, 5, 6; sends invitations, 

130; registers 123 

Kinloch Bldg., as workshop, 

92; furnished gratis 11 

Knights of Columbus Choral 

Club 102 

Koch, R. H. S. ("Gold") 123 

Kroeger, E. R., composes 

march 101 

Kroeger, Mrs. E. R., in charge 
Conference of Cities, 12; re- 
port of 129 

La Beaume, Louis, chairman 
Committee on Scenery, 67, 

68, reports of 71, 133 

La Beaume, William W., 
chairman Productions Com- 
mittee, 8, 10; report of 43 

Laclede Statue unveiled 128 

Lagoon, lighting of 82 

Lane, W. C, duelling pistols.. 125 

136 



Laxgdox, Chauncey _ 8 

Lavatories - 115 

League of Cities formed 129 

Legislati\-e axd Legal Com- 
mittee, report of..— 39 

Lehrmaxx, H., trains Maya 
dance 56 

Libraries, material deposited 
in 50 

Lightixg Committee, report of 78 

LiPMAX, M. H., prize-winner 
for costumes 91 

Lyexdecker, J. C, designs 
poster 21 

McCuLLOCH, Richard, chairman 
Sub-Committee on Street 
Railroads 103 

;McHugh Graxd Staxd Co.. 
contractors 62 

MacKaye, Percy, chosen to 
write Masque 8, 44 

M'cPheeters, S. B., President 
Police Board, co-operation 
of, 13; report of 112 

Mahler, Jacob, trains Maya 
dance 56 

^L\xar, Louis, Indian oartici- 
pant 1 124 

]\Iaxual Tr-\ixixg Dept. Pub- 
lic Schools, co-operation of 94 

Maxual Traixixg School, co- 
operation of 94 

Markham, Geo. D., report of-100 

Marsh, Capt. G. C, constructs 
steamboat 95 

Mary Ixstitute Alumxae, co- 
operation of 22 

^Masque, The, 8; distinctive 
features of 45 

Matroxs, service of 113 

]\L\Y0R of St. Louis. See Kiel, 
H. W. 

Medical service...- 64 

Miller, M., scout-master 61 

Missouri Historical Society, 
contributions of 131 

AIitchell, Wm. S., designs 
steamboat 95 

Moore, Mrs. P. N., chairman 
Speakers' Bureau, 9; reports 
of 32, 131 

!MouxDS, construction of (scen- 
ery) 72 

Mo\ixg Picture Films..._ 134 

^luRRAY, Bessie, trains Dance 
of the Elves 56 

Music Committee, report of. ...100 

137 



Music of the Masque 11 

Xatioxal Guard, First Mo. 

Regt., in charge hospital tent. 

Native Borx Committee, 10; 

report of 121 

XiCHOLSOx, D. C, aid ac- 

knovvdedged 50 

Xixox-JoxES Prixtixg Co 50 

XooHAi (Cold), colossal fig- 
ure, 72; reduced figures of.. 107 
X'ooxAX AXD KociAN, exhibi- 
tion of designs Zl 

X^oRTH St. Louis, particioation 

of 22 

Oberholtzer, Ellis P 8 

"Old St. Louis'" book, prepara- 
tion of 51 

Ordix*axce grants use of park.. 39 
Orgaxizatiox, graphic chart of 42 
Org.\xizatioxs, groups from.... 53 
Pageaxt, the distinctive fea- 
tures of, 45; departure from 

episodic method 48 

P.\geaxt Choral Society.. ..55, 102 

Pageaxt Dr.\ma Ass'x 4 

Pageaxt House _ 11 

Pageaxt-]NL\ster, selection of. 

8. 44 
Paxtaleoxi, Mrs. G., chair- 
man sub-committee 1\ 

P.\rkixg F.^cilities 104 

Pattisox', Mrs. E. \V._, designs 

banners, 93; properties 11 

Payxe, T. S., buyer for Cos- 
tume Committee 88 

Pettus, Chas. P., report of 92 

Pettus, W. H. H., lends store, 

109, 122 

Photographer, official 31 

Pictures distributed to schools 134 
Pierce, H. W., prize-winner 

for costumes 90 

Pigeoxs for Masque 96 

Piles, driven for stage, 69 ; 

drawn out 70 

Poeppixg, Xoel, composes eight 

musical numbers 101 

Police, co-operation of 13 

Police Committee, report of ..112 
Post-Cards, competition for.. ..9. Zh 

Poster ...„ 27 

Press, publicity through 26 

Press-Booth at performance.... 30 
Prixce, ]\I i 1 d r e d. designs 
^lound-Builder and Indian 

costumes 89 

Prizes for designs _ 35, 90 



Productions Committee. 8, 10: 
chart of organizations, 42; 

report of — 43 

Programme, competition for 
cover, 9, 35; marketing of, 

106 : preparation of 51 

Properties Committee, report 

of 92 

Property Tent _ 96 

Public Library, 3S; designs 
exhibited in, 38; enrollment 

of cast in 53 

Public Safety Committee, re- 
port of 114 

Publicity Agents _ „. 26 

Publicity Committee, 9; re- 
port of 25 

Pylons, construction and use, 

71, 72, 82, 84 

Railroad Publicity...- 27 

Railroads, sub-committees on.. 103 

Rain, interruption by 110 

Recreation, ^Municipal, dis- 
cussed 130 

Registration of native-born 

St. Louisans 124 

Rehearsals 54, 75 

Roberts. John C, thanked 20 

Robinson, Frank, sec'y Con- 
cessions Committee 105 

Rogers, T. H., temporary sec'y 6 
Rumbold, Charlotte, Produc- 
tions Committee 10 

St. Louis Float and Scenic 

Co., constructs scenery 73 

Salesmen, publicity through.... 26 
Salvage Committee, report of. .133 
Sanford, Mrs. R. L., designs 

properties 93 

Sanitary Committee, report 

of 115 

Sarka, C. N., designs cover for 

Book of Words 38, 49 

Scenery Committee, report of 71 
Schools, co-operation of, 10; 

preparative work in 51 

Schulenberg. Adele. designs 

figure of Cahokia 172 

Schuyler, M., sec'y Book 

Committee 47 

Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney 

Co., lend autos 128 

Seats, charges for, 108; con- 
tract for erecting, 62; dispo- 
sition of, 57. 58; reservation 
of, 60; publicity regarding.... 30 
Sherer, S. L., report of 126 

138 



Simmons, Geo. W., commend- 
ed, 18, 20 ; originates popu- 
lar subscription, 12; reports 
of 105. 108 

Simmons, H. H.. Scout-Com- 
missioner, trains Maya 
dance, 56; directs ushers 61 

Simmons Hardware Co., fur- 
nishes deputy ticket-agents.. 109 

Simpson, Roy B., Publicity 
Committee 9 

Site, selection of 7, 66 

Smith, Holmes, chairman 
Competition Committee, 10 ; 
report of 35 

Smith, Joseph Lindon, chosen 
director of Masque 8, 44 

Smith, Luther E,, commended, 
15; thanked 70 

Smith. Mrs. Luther E., chair- 
man Native-Born Committee, 
10; commended, 18; report 

of : 121 

Soaimerich, J. H., report of. ...119 

SouLE, Emily, prize-winner for 
costumes 91 

Souvenir March 101 

Speakers' Bureau, 9; report 
of 32 

Speculation in tickets, absence 
of Ill 

Stage, lighting of, 80; neces- 
sary features of, 46; plans 
for, 68 ; organization _. 76 

Stage - Man.\gement Commit- 
tee, report of 74 

Stage-Setting Committee, re- 
port of 66 

St-\rkloff, Dr. M. C, report 
of 115 

Steamboat „... 95 

Ste\'ens. T. W., chosen Pa- 
geant-Master 8, 44 

Stix, Chas. A., chairman Fi- 
nance Committee, 11; report 
of 18 

Stix. Baer & Fuller, lend 
autos 128 

Sturtevant, Geo. C, designs 
cover for programme 38, 50 

Sunset Inn, dinner at 128 

Switchboard 83, 84 

Swope, Horace ]SL. vice-chair- 
man Costume Committee 90 

Talbert. C. M., report of 57 

Tansey, G. J., report of 103 



Taussig, B. J., Treas., report 

of 22 

Taussig, Charlotte E., report 

of 33 

Telephone System...- _... 85 

Ten Broek, Mrs. B., suggests 

native-born registration.. 121, 122 
Thomas, W. D., constructs 

colossal figures 72 

Thompson, N. D., Jr., vice- 
chairman Concessions Com- 
mittee 105 

Ticket Committee, report of. .108 

Ticket-Sales, publicity „. 30 

Toensfeldt, Ralf, assistance in 

lighting 79 

Toilet facilities 116 

Toomey & Volland, paint scen- 
ery ., 72 

Transportation Committee, 

report of 103 

Treasurer, report of 22 

Trimp, Harry, trains gavotte.. 56 
United Daughters of Confed- 
eracy, contributions of 131 

United Railways, 104; com- 
mended 15 

Units and Groups 75 

Ushers 61 

Veiled Prophet Week, pro- 
posed date of Pageant 5 



Von Windegger, Mrs. Fred'k., 
chairman Costume Commit- 
tee, 11; report of 87 

Wagons „ 95 

Walther, L. E., report of 39 

Washington University, co- 
operation of 94 

Water Supply „.115 

Weeden, Ethel, trains Maya 

dance 56 

Whelpley, Dr. H. M., guide to 

Cahokia JMound 128 

Whitsett, Jas. C, directs 

ticket-sellers 110 

Wilkerson, Florence, executes 

costume designs for Masque.. 89 
Wilkinson, Melville L., report 

of 127 

Wilson, x\nna B., prize-winner 

for costumes 91 

Wilson, Eugene, chairman 

Cast Committee 11 

Wiring, electrical 83 

Women's. Club, co-operation of 22 
Women's Clubs Committee, 

report of 120 

Wrecking Work _ 70 

Writers' Bureau, report of 33 

Young, Thos. C, vice-chairman 
Stage-Setting Committee 67 



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